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Tim O'Reilly seems to agree...

tbonnemann — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:24:51 -0500

Tim O'Reilly: Put change.gov Under Revision Control! -- http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/change-gov-revision-control.html

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Previous agenda

sbc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:15:34 -0500

it is also on myBarackObama.com

Previous agenda resurrected in its entirety

Laurel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:06:50 -0500

The editor at the Architecture of Modern Political Power has reconstructed the agenda page in its entirety from the November 7th Google cache. It can be viewed here:

http://www.mega.nu/ampp/obama_agenda/agenda.html

excellent catch

Michael Whitney — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:50:27 -0500

a "Recent Changes" module would be a very welcome feature. a government website as a wiki is a concept I hope will be heard by the new administration.

Change.gov should expose recent changes

tbonnemann — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:46:47 -0500

Here's another example of a somewhat important content update that was caught only by keeping a close eye on the site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespark17/3013785863/

The problem, in my view, is not that the content of the site is still somewhat in flux. That can be expected (keep in mind it's been only a few days since Obama won the election). Nor is the problem that a site like change.gov should never change (on the contrary, I'd argue for constant change to make corrections where needed, evolve the concepts, document progress etc.).

What's missing is the transparent, wiki-like exposure of recent changes: which web edits were made, when, by whom and -- by way of short change summaries -- why. I'm sure that's an RSS feed many would happily subscribe to.

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Now's the Time to Call for Change

everyoneserves — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:49:01 -0400

We're calling the next president and congress to enact a program of mandatory national service. Though President Bush missed his chance to ask for a common sacrifice from all Americans, we believe this election offers another opportunity for national leaders to call everyone to serve. Now we need to show them that there's support for universal service from across the political spectrum. On what other topics can you find Melvin Laird, John Edwards, David Brooks, and Joe Klein in agreement?

Join our fight and sign the Everyone Serves petition.

Rob Johnston
Campaign for National Service
http://everyoneserves.org

Boy do I agree!

cfinnie — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:31:31 -0400

That's almost exactly what I've said in discussions on other posts about candidate websites. I keep wanting to echo that old TV commercial and say "Where's the beef?" If I take the trouble to come to your website, it's only because I'm trying to decide whether or not to support you. And the only way I'm going to do that is if you give me a really good reason. I want to know where you stand and why--the why part gives me a good indication of what positions you'll take on issues in the future. I want to know who you are--not in the sense of where you were born or went to school, but rather in what you stand for. If you're looking for issues content, Dennis Kucinich is certainly the winner. I also found Obama and Richardson pretty light, though at least they have something.

I even got an email from the Clinton campaign asking for my feedback on her health plan. So I looked for the plan. Never found it. So I wrote back and told them I'd like to see one. Too strange!

I recently lectured a college class on messaging and positioning and used presidential candidates as an example. I told them that any candidate who doesn't position themselves runs the risk of being swift boated. IMHO, by not taking stands and expressing their values, many of the current candidates are exposing themselves to this risk.

I'm sure they're doing this on the advice of highly paid consultants. But, as I so often do, I disagree.