Well, he didn’t waste much time. President-elect Barack Obama already has his new website up and running: Change.gov, subheaded: Office of the President-Elect. Apparently a virtual office. Like many a company or organization website, it’s easily navigable via tabs at the top leading to a Newsroom and an About page. But it has some surprising—and somewhat revolutionary sections as well.
It’s not the blog section, or the biography sections for Obama and Joe Biden. The revolutionary parts are the participatory crowd-sourcing sections. Have a story you want told? Under the same “American Moment” tab, you can upload that too.
Obama has a link to his agenda, delineating specifically what he plans to do about the economy, the war, health care, homeland security, and global leadership. The site provides an overview of the Presidential Transition and which cabinet positions need to be filled.
Another curious tab, labeled “apply to work for the President. It doesn’t list which jobs there are openings for. One supposes it’s up the applicant to have something in mind.
No matter what your politics, you gotta admit that’s a new and transformational approach to the highest office in the land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Xx9Q0JtQQ
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