A development less talked about than the SuperBlackBerry but perhaps more important came to light earlier this week when it was reported that Recovery.gov, the web site that allows citizens to follow how tax dollars are spent in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is built on Drupal, an open source content management system.

As the linked piece notes, this flies in the face of government’s long-standing reliance on proprietary software, asserts that open-source products can be as secure as closed source ones, and is a triumph for those whose work with technology is infused with open, democratic, and progressive ideals.