Whitehouse.gov

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe () gabegold com>
Date: January 20, 2009 7:50:55 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Whitehouse.gov

From Good Morning Silicon Valley -- silicon valley.com -- this item  
has many links, if they don't work, try reading here: http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/01/whitehousegov-remodeling-includes-larger-windows-more-doors.html

Whitehouse.gov remodeling includes larger windows, more doors

By JOHN MURRELL

The change anticipated for so long by so many came quickly, just after  
noon in Washington. After centuries of struggle and halting progress,  
the nation was finally able to welcome ... its first White House new  
media director. He is Macon Phillips, formerly with Blue State  
Digital, and he is the first to post in a new White House blog, one of  
the features of the instantly remodeled presidential site,  
whitehouse.gov.

The goal of the site, Phillips said, is to give people a better view  
of the governing process and a greater opportunity to participate. To  
those ends, the site will include the blog (and its RSS feed), e-mail  
updates, text of executive orders and proclamations, and policy  
positions. "One significant addition to WhiteHouse.gov reflects a  
campaign promise from the President," said Phillips. "We will publish  
all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow  
the public to review and comment before the President signs it."

Noting that the site represents a work in progress, Phillips invited  
suggestions, and the never-shy tech crowd quickly stepped up, lobbying  
for a better way to handle public comments than a corporate-style  
"contact us" form limited to 500 characters.

Meanwhile, the early reports from the tech front indicate the wireless  
networks were iffy at times but held up to the communications crush,  
while Twitter staggered a bit but kept rolling. Some efforts at  
supplying streaming video faltered, but the CNN-Facebook partnership  
recorded some remarkable traffic numbers.





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