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White House Website Goes Open-Source

usatoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology

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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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In Health Care Push, Biden Asks Americans: 'Bust This Myth'

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

Biden made a renewed health care push, asking supporters to join the White House to debunk rumors and imploring Americans to send in their personal stories to showcase the need for reform.

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Serious About Showing What Happens in Washington

Craig Newmark | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

Data.gov is part of the current administration's effort to show how they work and where your money goes. And they're asking us for help.

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Whoops! White House Live Stream Plays ESPN

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

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Christina Bellantoni

We knew President Obama was a big sports fan, but he broadcast that to the world today when the White House video live stream played nearly 10 minutes of ESPN programming.

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WhiteHouse.gov: Pragmatism and the Nobility of Public Service

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

I think we're seeing the slow transformation of Washington culture, from the bottom up, by people passionately committed to public service and its transformation.

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Obama Holds Online Town Hall (VIDEO)

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama seized the bully pulpit Thursday and reprised the best of his acclaimed campaign skills in an unprecedented Intern...

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POTUS' Twitter Feed Reactivated

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

The Barack Obama Twitter feed just posted a link to the WhiteHouse.gov online townhall forum, planned for Thursday.

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Arthur Delaney

See The Stimulus In Action? Help HuffPost Follow The Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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In February, we asked HuffPost readers to help us dig through the stimulus bill, and hundreds of readers wrote in with great tips, including the news ...

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Bush Bio Changed On Whitehouse.gov: Less Prosperity, More BBQ

ProPublica | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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ChangeTracker, our handy tool that watches for changes on White House Web sites, noticed wide changes to the whitehouse.gov biography of George W. Bus...

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Tracking WhiteHouse.gov's New Iraq Page

ProPublica | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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ProPublica

The all-seeing eye of ChangeTracker, our handy tool that watches for changes on White House Web sites, spotted a total rewrite of the Iraq agenda over the weekend.

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The State of the Nation, Facebook, and How Technology Has Made Politics Fun

Alexander Heffner | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

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Alexander Heffner

One of our lead political correspondents at Scoop44, Liz Cermak, wrote up a terrific review of the recent CNN/Facebook collaboration during President Obama's quasi-State of the Union.

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Technical Problems Plague WhiteHouse.gov Despite Tech-Savvy Team

Washington Post | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

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The team that ran the most technologically advanced presidential campaign in modern history is finding it difficult to adapt that model to government....

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Obama, The Press and Us: Transparency is Not Enough

Ari Melber | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

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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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Code Warriors Debate Whitehouse.gov Robot Commands

Sarah Granger | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Granger

As the tech community poured over whitehouse.gov, one of the first subterranean changes noted was that of a file most people would never notice called robots.txt.

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Press: Pool Reports Can't Go On White House Website

Washington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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The new White House web site is expected to display many cool things once it's fully operational (which, currently, it is not). But pool reports -- t...

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Whitehouse 2.0

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 02.22.2009 | Media

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Steve Rosenbaum

Today Whitehouse.gov is a glimpse into just how the Obama administration views the digital world.

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New Website Lets Russians Make Suggestions To Obama

New York Times | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, even before President Barack Obama declared in his inaugural address that "America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and chi...

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WhiteHouse.gov: Still Celebrating the Online Inauguration

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Two of our hosts, Ted and Maegan, were in Washington DC for the festivities and they offer their own personal perspectives from the ground.

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New Whitehouse.gov Takes A Shot At Bush On Katrina

Politico | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama's team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina...

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Obama's First Act: Day Of Renewal And Reconciliation

Whitehouse.gov | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Moments ago, in his first official act since taking the oath of office, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation, calling on Americans to serve on...

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Whitehouse.gov New And Improved For Obama

Washington Post | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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As President Barack Obama was giving his inauguration speech, another transfer of power was happening online. At exactly 12 PM ET, Whitehouse.gov, the...

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A Vision for Obama's WhiteHouse.Gov

Alexander Heffner | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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Alexander Heffner

As he prepares for Inauguration Day, Obama remains uniquely poised to change how the President of the United States interacts with the public whom he is elected to serve -- via the web.

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

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

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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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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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Moving Toward Transparent Government

Sarah Granger | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

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Sarah Granger

A President Obama would very likely improve on the current approach to transparency, epitomized by a White House site where the latest citizen Q&A was posted on the "interactive" page on 3/26/06.

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