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Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor

Ari Melber | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov -- while the press has fixated on the Blagojevich scandal, the allegations of torture by officials in the current administration receive scant attention.

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Obama Team Answers First Questions On Change.Gov

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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Last week, President-elect Barack Obama's transition team announced that they would take questions through the website change.gov and answer the most ...

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WSJ Gets It Wrong: Net Neutrality Still in the Front Seat

Timothy Karr | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: change.gov, SavetheInternet.Com, Obama, Open Internet, Net Neutrality, Google, Internet Policy, Net Neutrality Laws, Google Net Neutrality, Google Internet Policy, Media News
Timothy Karr

A recent Journal story paints support for Net Neutrality as ebbing, confusing a Google plan to utilize "edge caching" technology as a fundamental violation of Net Neutrality by one of its biggest corporate supporters.

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open government: open for questions

Craig Newmark | Posted 12.11.2008 | Home

Read More: change.gov, Obama, Google Earth, Home News
Craig Newmark

The Obama team is trying new ways to get really good ideas from the American people, and to see what people really want and need. change.gov is the p...

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"Obama's Internet Adventure: Revenge of the Nerds"?

Craig Newmark | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media

Read More: change.gov, Barack Obama, Media News
Craig Newmark

An article today in the NY Observer has a lot of good info regarding the emerging use of Net tech in the Obama administration. The idea is to enable ...

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Obama "Open To Questions" From Public

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Obama Questions, Barack Obama, Obama Transparency, President Obama, Obama Website, Open for Questions, Politics News

This is pretty interesting: An Obama aide points out to us that the Obama transition team has just rolled out an innovative new feature on its Web sit...

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Obama & Transparency: Walking the Talk

ProPublica | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, change.gov, Barack Obama, John Podesta, President Elect Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
ProPublica

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team seems to be following through with its promise of transparency by posting documents from its meetings with industry and advocacy groups.

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At Harvard, Obama Staff Envision Their Movement's Future

Ari Melber | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Mybo, Obama Web, Movement, Obama Internet, Harvard, Obama Politics, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ari Melber

Two top organizers behind Barack Obama's campaign huddled with political techies on Wednesday, discussing the future of the Obama movement at a Harvard summit on web politics.

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Government 2.0: Obama's Empowered Web

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

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Andrew Cherwenka

Obama is inviting every American -- and Canadian, oddly -- to take our Seat At The Table where we'll have access to Transition Team documents and community discussions.

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Obama and the Reinvention of Democracy

Don Tapscott | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Don Tapscott

President-elect Obama's mobilizing the millions of young people who supported his presidential campaign to help him as he prepares to govern a troubled country.

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Big Progress at Change.gov

Craig Newmark | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Craig Newmark

change.gov is getting very serious about civic engagement, that is, real dialog between government and citizenry.

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Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Small Business, Transition Team, Barack Obama, American Small Business League, Economy, Middle Class, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

President-elect Obama has removed any reference of his promise to implement a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry from the Obama-Biden Transition Team website.

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Sam Stein

Obama Transition Donor List Released: $1.1 Million Raised

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Transition Donors, Obama Transition, Obama Biden, Obama Transition Donors, Barack Obama, Politics News

Amidst announcing his national security team and addressing crises in the financial markets and India, president-elect Barack Obama released fundraisi...

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

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.29.2008 | 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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Corporate Giants Force Obama to Drop Campaign Promises

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

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Lloyd Chapman

During the 2008 presidential election cycle, President-elect Barack Obama made two key campaign promises which would have directed billions of dollars...

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Obama's Change.gov Website Drops Small Business Promise

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

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Lloyd Chapman

The Department of Interior Office of Inspector General released a report in July that found they had awarded millions of dollars in government small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.

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Change.Gov Returns Without Campaign Rhetoric

NY Times | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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The section of the Obama-Biden transition homepage detailing the president-elect's policy proposals that was stripped from the site with little explan...

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A Job With Obama? First, a Few Questions

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

When did you realize that Barack was The One? Provide exact month, day, and year of your enlightenment, and the names of at least two (2) witnesses.

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Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy

Ari Herzog | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Ari Herzog

I still hope transparency is possible in the government, but a curious investigation led me down a path to conclude that transparency is the tip of the iceberg and change.gov is not what it seems.

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The Internet Presidency

Kate Lear | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Websites, change.gov, Internet, Change, Activism, Websites, Obama Administration, Bipartisanship, Partisanship, Barack Obama, Media News
Kate Lear

With amazing speed, President-elect Obama has answered the question of what would become of the mouth-watering database of names his campaign created from volunteers and donors.

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Net Neutrality on Deck

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, change.gov, Internet Policy, Internet, Obama Administration, Regulation, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Media News
Timothy Karr

There has been a sea change in Washington as the wonks, tech pundits and lobbyists align themselves with new leadership and the likelihood that Net Neutrality could become law soon.

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Facebooking Obama's Cabinet

Ari Melber | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

The cyberstalking of Obama's administration has begun.

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Obama Is Hiring: Job Change You Can Believe In

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, change.gov, Valerie Jarrett, Economy, Joe Trippi, Obama, Adam Barr, Job Market, Transition, Obama White House, Unemployment, Campaign Workers, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Transition Team, Hiring, Business News
Andrea Chalupa

Now that the election is over, campaign staffers, like some 2.8 million Americans, find themselves out of a job. What are their options?

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Obama's Secret Email Network Revealed

Ari Melber | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Sam Graham Felsen, Mybo, Robert Gibbs, Obama Email, Obama Election Day, Matthew Mosk, Shailagh Murray, Obama Email List, Obama Network, Bill Burton, Joe Rospars, Obama, Chris Hughes, Politics News
Ari Melber

Obama's team wants everyone to know -- this massive list of energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.

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Change.gov: Transition promises inclusion

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com CHICAGO — As the campaign winds down, the transition heats up and the inaugural ball requests flow in st...

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