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White House Website Goes Open-Source

usatoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology


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

White House Announces Vivek Kundra As Chief Information Officer

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics


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

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics


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

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

Danny Sullivan | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media


Danny Sullivan

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

It's Time for a Wiki White House

Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media


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.