Change.gov Goes Live

Over the past two years, the Obama campaign has revolutionized the way grassroots organizing and fundraising are done by harnessing the power of the Internet.  Today, it is clear that the Obama administration will use those same tools to harness the input of everyday Americans to truly make our government of, by, and for the people.

This afternoon, the website Change.gov made its debut.  Mimicking the layout of BarackObama.com, this is the official website of “the Office of the President-Elect”.  It features a blog to provide official coverage of the transition to the White House, as well as a section where visitors can submit their ideas, concerns, and vision for the next four years.  It profiles the transition team, and will add bios of new administration members as they are announced.

The site has also transformed the Issues section of the campaign website into a new Agenda section of the transition website.  That’s right: not a single bit of the platform upon which Obama campaigned will be lost in the switch from campaign to governance.  The administration-elect is inviting close scrutiny of its promise-to-deivery ratio.  Astounding.

And there’s even a job application page, in case you want to try to jump on the wagon as it leaves the station.  Good luck.  In case you don’t get that White House corner office, the site also plans to detail its national service agenda and will soon provide links to other ways that you can participate in the Change Movement.

We’ll have more on this site as it develops, but one thing is for sure: expect to see web technology frequently and widely deployed by the Obama White House to bridge the divide between government and the citizens it serves.

This is exciting stuff.