change.gov

It comes as no surprise that President Elect Obama had a new website change.gov up within 24 hours of election in order to communicate directly with the populace - us, given the brilliant use of open technology used during the campaign.

CNN reported on 10/11, almost a year to the day of Obama's announcement at Google last year, that he would appoint a CTO with cabinet level position. That 2007 platform is spelled out here at VentureBeat, a Silicon Valley blog.

The pressure is on now for those in government and in business who do not yet get it that going digital democratizes information. Power has shifted in more ways than one. "E pluribus unum" has a new meaning - Who would think E also stands for electronic.

~ Victoria G. Axelrod

Comments

[Bruce Lewin]

They've taken down the agenda section!

http://www.reddit.com/r/obama/comments/7cdu2/agenda_section_removed_from_changegov_o/

[Victoria]

Thanks for update. My guess is they are revising content and may not want to appear to be stepping all over the current administration. Less confusion.

Victoria

[Jenny Ambrozek]

And we didn't have to wait long to see how change.gov will change public engagement with the Obama administration. First weekly video presentation

http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/your_weekly_address_from_the_president_elect/