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White House site goes open source!

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Today, the White House Web site (whitehouse.gov) switched to the [w:open source] Drupal platform — the same software running FGI! I’m glad they made the shift. It’s one thing to talk about transparency the way the Obama administration has done, it’s another to use tools imbued with openness and transparency in order to get to that goal.

White House opens Web site programming to public
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
The Associated Press
Saturday, October 24, 2009

[tip ‘o the hat to Chris Messina!]

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