White House Gears Up For Second 'Hackathon'

The White House is looking for hackers, tech experts and developers to participate in its second Hackathon on June 1. The goal is to produce "full, production-ready applications and visualization tools" that will be used on the We the People petitioning system under an open-source license.

This Hackathon coincides with National Day of Civic Hacking, in which thousands of civic-minded activists and hackers will come together nationwide to build tools for the public's greater good. It also represents a chance for the White House to build on the successes of its first-ever Hackthon, which was held in February. "The last time we did this, it was a huge success," said deputy director of Online Platform for the Office of Digital Strategy, Peter Welsch, in a White House blog post.