This is a great idea. I feel like the big picture isn't open source code for government, but open source APIs for interacting with the government. In the medium

This is a great idea. I feel like the big picture isn't open source code for government, but open source APIs for interacting with the government. In the medium-term future, I think we should push for a system where all government documents that ought to be a matter of public record are managed in a publicly readable versioned source repository like, like a federal git server. Other things that I'd like to see in publicly visible git repositories: - federal laws and regulations (particularly regulations, standards, etc.). - procedures (rules for federal processes) - all documents for making requests of the federal government, with mechanisms for getting those requests to the right place.