ColdFusion Use In State And Local Government

We regularly comment on ColdFusion use within the US federal government. But ColdFusion is also used by governments agencies and organizations at all levels, including state and local. Here is an example of ColdFusion use in each and every one of the 50 states:

Alabama: Alabama Secretary of State
Alaska: Alaska Health and Social Services
Arizona: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Arkansas: Little Rock School District
California: City of Los Angeles
Colorado: Colorado Office of Economic Development
Connecticut: Cooperative Educational Services
Delaware: Wilmington Friends School
Florida: Florida Legislature
Georgia: Georgia Forestry Commission
Hawaii: Hawaii Community Development Authority
Idaho: Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Illinois: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Indiana: Northern Indiana Educational Services Center
Iowa: Iowa Department of Education Learning Online
Kansas: Kansas Public Schools
Kentucky: Kentucky Department of Education
Louisiana: State Library of Louisiana
Maine: Rockport Town Office
Maryland: Maryland State Archives
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Michigan: Michigan Department of Natural Resources (sent to me by Joshua Kuntz)
Minnesota: Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Health
Missouri: Lee's Summit City Hall Web Cam
Montana: Flathaed County Mapgiude
Nebraska: Nebraska Workforce Development
Nevada: Nevada Legislature
New Hampshire: New Hampshire Employment Security
New Jersey: New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
New Mexico: New Mexico State Forestry
New York: New York State Office of Real Property Services
North Carolina: City of Durham, North Carolina
North Dakota: Heart-of-the-Valley ITV
Ohio: Ohio General Assembly
Oklahoma: NORM Technology Connection
Oregon: Oregon Department of Transportation Career Opportunities
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania General Assembly
Rhode Island:
South Carolina: South Carolina Supreme Court
South Dakota: South Dakota Legislator
Tennessee: Anderson County School System
Texas: Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Service (sent to me by Justin Cook)
Utah: Davis County, Utah
Vermont: State of Vermont Legislature
Virginia: Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Washington: Mead School District
West Virginia: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Wisonsin: City of Madison
Wyoming: Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

11 Comments

Will July 16, 2005

My great senator, Barbara Boxer, from California, also uses CF on her site. <a href="http://boxer.senate.gov/">http://boxer.senate.gov/</a>

Chuck Bargeron July 16, 2005

We have 15 sites running ColdFusion that are all University of Georgia and USDA Forest Service joint projects at http://www.bugwood.org/. We also have one of the largest "free for educational use" image archives at: http://www.forestryimages.org/.

Tim Burton July 16, 2005

The DOT / HR job site listed here represents a tiny tip of the iceberg for CF applications in Oregon state government. We recently wrote a CF application whose sole purpose is to keep track of other CF applications...and that's just at ODOT.

johnb July 16, 2005

ACAS have just gone with ColdFusion over here too, see http://www.gossinteractive.com/index.cfm?articleid=1274 john.

Michael Walker July 16, 2005

California - Los Angeles County Office of Education - http://www.lacoe.edu

Ben Forta July 17, 2005

Will, every US Senator site is CF powered.

Ali Daniali July 18, 2005

We provide 3200 School Districts across the country a document management system that runs CFMX6.1 and Mach-II. http://www.transact.com

k-sea July 19, 2005

Is it me or do all government websites' look like crap. Regardless of the tech. you use on the back side... These sites look like crap! Message to government. You need 1 developer and 1 graphics artist minimum. . .

Ed Parker July 19, 2005

University of Oregon - School of Architecture and Allied Arts - http://aaa.uoregon.edu

Ed Parker July 20, 2005

All of these sites are informational websites that adhere to Section 508 guidelines and various priority levels issued by the WCAG. Its important to understand that most informational websites aren't the greatest looking sites on the web because they don't need to be (e.g. Slashdot, CraigsList, gov websites). People visit these sites strictly for information, not to be wowed by cool multimedia/graphics. This is not to say that gov sites shouldn't use implement cool mmd/graphics - its just not a top priority.

Aaron Martone July 23, 2005

www.ircso.com (Indian River County Sheriff's Office) in Florida. k-sea. I couldn't agree with you more. But to be honest, I feel a good 90%, if not more, of the websites online today are abhorrently ugly. And that's in major part due to the fact that "webmaster" is a "hobbyist's" title. Everyone with an ISP who gives them 10MB of space and a free copy of Frontpage2000 thinks they are a web developer. They have no idea that it is a PROFESSION; requiring a PROFESSIONAL. It's not to say a developer and designer cannot be the same person, but quality work takes quality talent.

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