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Obama, The Press and Us: Transparency is Not Enough

Ari Melber | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: change.gov, Transparency, Robert Gibbs, Obama Internet, Obama, Macon Phillips, White House Press Corps, Abc, Obama New Media, whitehouse.gov, Nbc, Obama Media, Media News
Ari Melber

If Obama's administration operates anything like his campaign, it will both sideline and compete with the media as a news source.

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Change.Gov's First Big Failure

Ari Melber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Obama, Special Prosecutor, War Crimes, Obama Justice Department, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Politics News
Ari Melber

It is striking that Obama's aides, who helped win the election by harnessing new media, believed they could just spin away from their online interlocutors. The move backfired immediately.

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Can I Stop Giving Now?

Carine Fabius | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: change.gov, Obama Transition, Obama, Donations, Rick Warren, Inauguration, Voter Mailing List, Donation Mailing List, Obama Victory, Obama White House, Obama Inauguration, Voter Donations, Political Donations, President-Elect Obama, Donation Website, Living News
Carine Fabius

People are stressed about money. So, why is the president-elect still asking me to send in donations? You got elected. Can you stop asking me to give you money now?

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Obama on Torture: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Ari Melber | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Nsa, change.gov, Bob Fertik, Ccr, Obama, Spying, Geneva Conventions, Gitmo, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Patrick Fitzgerald, Obama Torture Commission, Torture, Politics News
Ari Melber

This answer tracks the language of many torture apologists (and advocates) in Washington, who posit a choice between protecting the country today and second-guessing the past.

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Torture Prosecutor Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov

Ari Melber | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Patrick Fitzgerald, Spying, Special Rosecutor, Fitzgerald, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News
Ari Melber

Thousands of Americans are asking whether Obama will order an independent investigation into allegations of torture and illegal surveillance by the U.S. government. We deserve a "yes," or a "no."

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Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor

Ari Melber | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Blogosphere, Nsa Surveillance, Ari Melber, Robert Gibbs, Blagojevich, Gov. Blagojevich, Glenn Greenwald, Eric Holder, Brendan Smith, Surveillance, Obama, Spying, Jesse Lee, Fitzgerald, change.gov, Will Bunch, Bob Fertik, Rod Blagojevich, Macon Philips, Obama Transition Team, Scott Horton, Jonathan Turley, Rachel Maddow, Jeremy Brecher, Fisa, Torture, Special Prosecutor, Obama Transition, Politics News
Ari Melber

The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov -- while the press has fixated on the Blagojevich scandal, the allegations of torture by officials in the current administration receive scant attention.

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Obama Team Answers First Questions On Change.Gov

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Questions, change.gov, Obama Answers Questions, Obama Open for Questions, Questions for Obama, Obama change.gov Open for Questions, Obama change.gov, 100 Days, Politics News

Last week, President-elect Barack Obama's transition team announced that they would take questions through the website change.gov and answer the most ...

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Obama "Open To Questions" From Public

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Obama Questions, Barack Obama, Obama Transparency, President Obama, Obama Website, Open for Questions, Politics News

This is pretty interesting: An Obama aide points out to us that the Obama transition team has just rolled out an innovative new feature on its Web sit...

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Obama & Transparency: Walking the Talk

ProPublica | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, change.gov, Barack Obama, John Podesta, President Elect Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
ProPublica

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team seems to be following through with its promise of transparency by posting documents from its meetings with industry and advocacy groups.

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At Harvard, Obama Staff Envision Their Movement's Future

Ari Melber | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Mybo, Obama Web, Movement, Obama Internet, Harvard, Obama Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Melber

Two top organizers behind Barack Obama's campaign huddled with political techies on Wednesday, discussing the future of the Obama movement at a Harvard summit on web politics.

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Government 2.0: Obama's Empowered Web

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Government 2.0, Web 2.0 Politics, Barack Obama, change.gov, Barack Obama change.gov, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

Obama is inviting every American -- and Canadian, oddly -- to take our Seat At The Table where we'll have access to Transition Team documents and community discussions.

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Obama and the Reinvention of Democracy

Don Tapscott | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: E-Democracy, Web 2.0, Internet, Net Generation, Don Tapscott, Millenials, Gen Y, Web 2.0 Politics, Millennials, Obama Transition, Democracy, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Obama Digital Townhall Meetings, Obama Technology, change.gov, Obama Supporters, Obama White House, John D. Podesta, President-Elect Obama, Politics News
Don Tapscott

President-elect Obama's mobilizing the millions of young people who supported his presidential campaign to help him as he prepares to govern a troubled country.

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Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Small Business, Transition Team, Barack Obama, American Small Business League, Economy, Middle Class, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

President-elect Obama has removed any reference of his promise to implement a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry from the Obama-Biden Transition Team website.

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Sam Stein

Obama Transition Donor List Released: $1.1 Million Raised

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Transition Donors, Obama Transition, Obama Biden, Obama Transition Donors, Barack Obama, Politics News

Amidst announcing his national security team and addressing crises in the financial markets and India, president-elect Barack Obama released fundraisi...

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Where Will Barack's E-Mail List End Up?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Twitter, President Obama, Opt In, Obama Administration, Facebook, Barack Obama, List, Thomas Gensemer, change.gov, Politics, David Plouffe, Obama Movement, mybarackobama.com, Email List, Dnc, Huffington Post, Obama Campaign, Fundraising, whitehouse.gov, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

It now seems possible that Barack's formidable organization might end up with a direct line into the White House.

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Corporate Giants Force Obama to Drop Campaign Promises

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: change.gov, Lloyd Chapman, Small Business, Barack Obama, American Small Business League, Windfall Tax, Small Business Administration, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

During the 2008 presidential election cycle, President-elect Barack Obama made two key campaign promises which would have directed billions of dollars...

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Obama's Change.gov Website Drops Small Business Promise

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business

Read More: change.gov, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Barack Obama, Obama Websites, Websites, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Department of Interior Office of Inspector General released a report in July that found they had awarded millions of dollars in government small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.

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Change.Gov Returns Without Campaign Rhetoric

NY Times | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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The section of the Obama-Biden transition homepage detailing the president-elect's policy proposals that was stripped from the site with little explan...

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A Job With Obama? First, a Few Questions

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Second Amendment, Stephanie Cutter, White House, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama Transition Team, Job Applicants, Obama Transition, Gun Control, Hillary Clinton, Resumes, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Vetting, Obama Administration, Obama Appointments, President Obama, Obama Survey, Obama Resume, Obama Transition Team Members, change.gov, Obama White House, Political Humor, Obama Questionnaire, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

When did you realize that Barack was The One? Provide exact month, day, and year of your enlightenment, and the names of at least two (2) witnesses.

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Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, 501c4, Privacy Protection, Obama Transparency, Barack Obama, Obama Websites, Obama Website Security, President Obama, Obama Transition Team Application, Obama Administration, Obama Transition Team Members, change.gov, Obama White House, Obama Cluen Corporation, Obama Transition Team, Obama Employee Survey, Cluen Corporation, Technology, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Ari Herzog

I still hope transparency is possible in the government, but a curious investigation led me down a path to conclude that transparency is the tip of the iceberg and change.gov is not what it seems.

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The Internet Presidency

Kate Lear | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Websites, change.gov, Internet, Change, Activism, Websites, Obama Administration, Bipartisanship, Partisanship, Barack Obama, Media News
Kate Lear

With amazing speed, President-elect Obama has answered the question of what would become of the mouth-watering database of names his campaign created from volunteers and donors.

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Net Neutrality on Deck

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, change.gov, Internet Policy, Internet, Obama Administration, Regulation, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Media News
Timothy Karr

There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.

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Facebooking Obama's Cabinet

Ari Melber | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

The cyberstalking of Obama's administration has begun.

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Obama Is Hiring: Job Change You Can Believe In

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, change.gov, Valerie Jarrett, Economy, Joe Trippi, Obama, Adam Barr, Job Market, Transition, Obama White House, Unemployment, Campaign Workers, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Transition Team, Hiring, Business News
Andrea Chalupa

Now that the election is over, campaign staffers, like some 2.8 million Americans, find themselves out of a job. What are their options?

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Obama's Secret Email Network Revealed

Ari Melber | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Sam Graham Felsen, Mybo, Robert Gibbs, Obama Email, Obama Election Day, Matthew Mosk, Shailagh Murray, Obama Email List, Obama Network, Bill Burton, Joe Rospars, Obama, Chris Hughes, Politics News
Ari Melber

Obama's team wants everyone to know -- this massive list of energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.

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