DrupalCon Portland 2013: DRUPAL @ WHITEHOUSE.GOV: OPEN SOURCE & OPEN DATA

This talk focuses on the initiative launched by President Obama, encouraging federal agencies to engage with open source communities and make government data accessible in machine-readable formats. The speaker discusses the implementation of this initiative using Drupal for WhiteHouse.gov and the We the People petitions system, highlighting the contributions of code and the release of APIs for key datasets. The session also explores the operational aspects of the We the People system, its future prospects, and the valuable lessons learned from open source and open data projects within the federal government.