It's fitting--Change.gov has made a major metamorphosis. At 12:01 PM EST, as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, the site became Whitehouse.gov.
Like Change.gov before it, the newly revved White House site is expected to maintain many of the Web 2.0 user-generated elements that Obama used in his online campaigning.
Whitehouse.gov will feature a “Citizen's Briefing Book," which lets users submit ideas: “The best-rated ones will rise to the top, and after the inauguration, we'll print them out and gather them into a binder like the ones the president receives every day from experts and advisors," according to the site.
“Congress could find itself between Barack and a hard place," Howard Dean aide Joe Trippi told the AP, speaking about the site. “The 25 members of Congress who are standing in the way of Obama's health care reform agenda, for instance, could suddenly find themselves between Barack and 25, 30 million Americans."
Like Change.gov before it, the newly revved White House site is expected to maintain many of the Web 2.0 user-generated elements that Obama used in his online campaigning.
Whitehouse.gov will feature a “Citizen's Briefing Book," which lets users submit ideas: “The best-rated ones will rise to the top, and after the inauguration, we'll print them out and gather them into a binder like the ones the president receives every day from experts and advisors," according to the site.
“Congress could find itself between Barack and a hard place," Howard Dean aide Joe Trippi told the AP, speaking about the site. “The 25 members of Congress who are standing in the way of Obama's health care reform agenda, for instance, could suddenly find themselves between Barack and 25, 30 million Americans."
