We got some great coverage on our work with open data and DrupalCon DC in the Washington Post yesterday. Here is the excerpt:

As an example of what Kundra may do with federal technology projects, many of them point to the contest he held last year called Apps for Democracy, which challenged independent Web developers to come up with interesting ways to use government data. District-based Development Seed, a Web consulting group, mashed together government data and other online resources to create DC Bikes, a site with information about bike thefts, popular bike trails and other information for local bike enthusiasts. To Ian Cairns, project manger at Development Seed, the experiment highlights the benefits of making government data, which often lies dormant on a basement server, accessible to the general public. Using open-source tools, which allows a number of developers to collaborate and build on existing code, is usually free and allows a greater amount of innovation, he said. He helped organize last week’s DrupalCon, a conference for developers of Drupal, an open-source Web platform that’s been used for some government projects, including Recovery.gov, the Web site built by the Obama administration that tracks stimulus spending. Techies and open-government advocates discussed similar projects at TransparencyCamp, a gathering that took place last weekend at George Washington University. Recovery.gov was seen as an indication the federal government may begin to take advantage of more open-source technology to save money and include citizen input. Other projects, such as OpenCongress.org, showed off its new features, including a lawmaker wiki and videos of congressional sessions.

Read the entire article, which also talks about Twitter and the United States' new Chief Information Officer. If you're interested in checking on the DC Bikes site referenced in the article, you can check it out here and read about it here.