White House Swings Open its Digital Doors to Developers

The Government's plan to make its online presence more user- and owner-friendly has been a long-term plan of the Obama administration. Last year, the White House switched from a proprietary content management system to Drupal, and on Wednesday it went a step further, announcing the release of some of its custom code "for anyone to review, use, or modify."

For the people, by the people, indeed.

For the American people, this means a bigger, better communication portal, which allows them to...