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What Is the Democratic Function of the White House's We The People Petition Website?

J.H. Snider | Posted 12.20.2011

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J.H. Snider

The recent story in the WSJ ridiculing the "we'll-take-any-question politics" of the White House's new petition website is a chatty, well-written article, bereft of any curiosity about democratic function.

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The White House's New We the People Petition Website

J.H. Snider | Posted 12.11.2011

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J.H. Snider

The president should be applauded for launching this democratically enhancing but politically risky initiative. However, We The People will probably only have a short life.

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White House Creates Website For Online Petitions

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.02.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is making it easier for people to press the federal government to act. It is bringing that constitu...

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White House Website Goes Open-Source

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The online-savvy administration on Saturday switched to open-source code for www.whitehouse.gov -- meaning the programming language is written in publ...

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White House Announces Vivek Kundra As Chief Information Officer

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House announced this morning that Vivek Kundra will be the administration's Chief Information Officer. Kundra served as the Chief Technolog...

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Sam Stein

Recovery.Gov: White House Website To Track Stimulus Goes Live

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama White House has officially launched its stimulus-tracking website, recovery.gov, giving the public a new-media portal through which to follo...

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Bush: Fix Your "Miserable Failure" Googlebomb Legacy Before Obama Takes Office

Danny Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Sullivan

Due to an inept attempt to defuse the "miserable failure" Googlebomb, when Bush goes, the next US president (Obama) inherits the problem.

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It's Time for a Wiki White House

Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Froomkin

On January 20, the Bush administration's stodgy, wheezing version of whitehouse.gov will be carted off to the National Archives in its entirety, leaving precisely no legacy -- and no limits.

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