DC Council Updates Its Legal Code via GitHub, Crowdsourcing Transparency and Review
Publishing its legal code through GitHub allows quicker access to updates but comes with its fair share of challenges.
November 29, 2018 at 11:00 AM
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The Council of the District of Columbia posts updates to the D.C. Code via GitHub, a site that allows users to host and edit digital code. But Github does more than just allow the city to digitally publish laws—it also ensures a higher level of legal review. And not just by attorneys.
The “Git” in GitHub is an open-source version control system that stores all edits in a central location/repository. You can “fork” a repository and create a new project based on a project that already exists. You also can make a “pull request” that allows you to modify a project, a revision which an administrator will decline or accept.
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