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White House is "Open for Questions": wants questions for March 26 online town hall - 3/24/2009

On Thursday, March 26 2009, Barack Obama will be holding an online townhall meeting during which he'll answer the most popular user-submitted questions which they're now soliciting at whitehouse.gov/openforquestions The questions have to be about the economy, and this is similar to what they did at change dot gov. Some questions I submitted for that are here, and the results of their pre...

Obama's doublespeak on a "Full and Free Exchange of Ideas" in the media (not the Fairness Doctrine) - 1/27/2009

The all-new whitehouse dot gov's section on technology reads like something out of 1984 (whitehouse.gov/agenda/technology): Ensure the Full and Free Exchange of Ideas through an Open Internet and Diverse Media Outlets ...Encourage Diversity in Media Ownership: Encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpo...

BBC, Jason Kottke rave about Whitehouse *robots.txt* file, reach new low in fawning - 1/23/2009

Jason Kottke raved about the new Whitehouse dot gov robots.txt file a few days ago, completely going around the bend and establishing a new low for fawning (kottke.org/09/01/the-countrys-new-robotstxt-file). Despite how stupid that was, I didn't note it here due to the fact that Kottke isn't important. Now I see that the BBC has joined in.

Obama Office of Public Liaison: let's ask them tough questions - 1/20/2009

Whitehouse dot gov has a new Office of Public Liaison & Intergovernmental Affairs (OPL-IGA) which is Barack Obama's gatekeepers to hoi polloi. They're going to be soliciting input from the citizens, and I urge everyone to give them more input than they can manage by asking them tough questions. It's not clear from their page (whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/opl) how exactl...

Whitehouse.gov omits Blagojevich link from Michael Strautmanis biography - 1/20/2009

The all new whitehouse dot gov has a new Office of Public Liaison & Intergovernmental Affairs, the new president's gatekeepers to hoi polloi. That office's "Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison" is Michael Strautmanis, a long-time Obama associate who also used to work for Rod Blagojevich. Oddly enough, that ...

Whitehouse.gov gets facelift, blog, deletes old content - 1/20/2009

... the magical transformation of whitehouse dot gov into a wonderland of hope and change. While the site has a few new features and a new look, not much has changed. From whitehouse.gov/blog/change_has_come_to_whitehouse-gov: This site will feature timely and in-depth content meant to keep everyone up-to-date and educated... The President's executive orders and proclamations will be published f...

January 20 is now the "National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation" - 1/20/2009

... has issued a proclamation on Whitehouse dot gov proclaiming that January 20 is our new "National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation". Unfortunately, what exactly that means isn't explained, although the presumed subtext doesn't sound too good at all. The page whitehouse.gov/blog/a_national_day_of_renewal_and_reconciliation quotes Abraham Lincoln and then "call[s] upon all ...

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