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Change.gov - Office of the President Elect, Provided by the Obama-Biden Transition Project, this site provides information about the incoming US President's agenda, all aspects of the transition including press releases and announcements, public schedules, briefing schedules and documents, press contacts, and other media resources. The ability to "Share your vision for what America can be" is also provided for anyone who wants to provide input.

Change.gov Launches, But Can You Find It In Search Engines?, by Danny Sullivan. Search Engine Land, November 6, 2008. "If you're looking for more about how the Change We Need will be implemented by incoming President Elect Barack Obama's administration, good news! He's got a new transition website up: Change.gov. Bad news — you'd be hard pressed to find it in search being both new and being untargeted toward any search terms..."

How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks' Power, By David Carr. The New York Times, Published: November 9, 2008. "Like a lot of Web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new. Instead, by bolting together social networking applications under the banner of a movement, they created an unforeseen force to raise money, organize locally, fight smear campaigns and get out the vote that helped them topple the Clinton machine and then John McCain and the Republicans. As a result, when he arrives at 1600 Pennsylvania, Mr. Obama will have not just a political base, but a database, millions of names of supporters who can be engaged almost instantly..."

How Obama Will Use Web 2.0 For Change - President-elect Barack Obama's harnessing of Web 2.0 technologies enabled his rise to power, and his administration will continue to use them to stay in touch with constituents. That's the contention made by political leaders on the third day of the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, by C.G. Lynch. CIO, 10 November, 2008. "During his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama delivered on the democratic promise of Web 2.0 technologies by using them to give voices to millions of Americans who had traditionally been drowned out by TV pundits, politicians and wealthy donors. And he's already shown he'll continue to use them when he's in office..."

Obama to preside over White House 2.0. The Age, November 9, 2008. "Get ready for White House 2.0. That's what many are expecting when President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama in January and puts the power of his unprecedented Internet operation to work in the Oval Office..."

Obama will take to Internet as Roosevelt took to radio. The Age, November 9, 2008. "Barack Obama's Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg..."

Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way - Unprecedented Online Outreach Expected, By Shailagh Murray and Matthew Mosk. Washington Post, Monday, November 10, 2008. "Chicago -- Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency..."

Will Obama Empower Government 2.0? Joe Flood - writer, photographer, web person, November 10, 2008. "... Obama's use of Facebook, Twitter, Meetup and other tools is well-known. By successfully using these tools, he's created an online mass movement and a personal brand. The challenge he faces now is to implement his ideas across a federal government frequently mired in outdated policies and procedures. While both the McCain and Obama campaigns used every online tool available to them, the federal government is filled with restrictions on Web 2.0 technology, due to privacy regulations, Congressional intervention and IT security concerns..."