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White House Strives for New Forms of Engagement with State of the Union

When the President addresses Congress tonight on the State of the Union, the American people have one more way they can tune in to listen live. Last week, the White House announced the launch of an application with streaming video for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. The application also features updates from the White House [...]


Open Government Workshop Brings Promising Ideas

Transparency. Public Participation. Collaboration.
They sound great in principle. As models, they are ideals that are worthy and noble to subscribe to. But goals are different than action steps. What we “want” is different from what we “have.” Now consider that the path to getting “there” is not laid out (or funded) and the scene [...]


New Year, New Predictions

Without a doubt, lots of (read: unprecedented) progress was made in the government 2.0 world in 2009. We saw the first federal CIO and CTOs appointed, the launch of Apps.gov and even the White House embracing the open source Drupal content management system for their Web site.
At this pace, 2010 will be an even better [...]


Obama to Do Some Social Media Name Dropping in Education Speech

In the speech that President Obama is set to deliver tomorrow to America’s schoolchildren, a paragraph caught our attention:
It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and [...]


Where Did The WhiteHouse.gov Online Chats Go?

A favorite feature of the Bush White House, online chats called “Ask the White House,” has yet to make its debut in the Obama administration.


Realizing Transparency 2.0 Through Social Media

What is transparency 2.0? Social media and social government will help the government reach the next generation of transparency.


White House Town Hall: Cool, Not Terribly Groundbreaking

Yesterday’s White House town hall was really neat. President Obama seemed relaxed, and no economy-related question was off limits. He even answered a question about marijuana legalization: “I don’t think that is a good strategy to grow the economy.”
People even submitted video comments! Does this remind you of the CNN/YouTube debates?
Watch the full video [...]


POTUS Now “Open for Questions”

A look at the White House’s new “Open for Questions” feature.


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