11/11/08 04:28 pm ET
With an unprecedented interest in the presidential transition among the media and public, the Obama administration is going to have to be careful about how and what they put out on the Internet. The blogosphere has been buzzing about the disappearance of the detailed policy agenda from the Obama team's transition web site, change.gov. From CNET:
The "agenda" Web pages on change.gov seem to have mysteriously disappeared on Sunday. By Monday morning, they were replaced with a vague statement saying that Obama and running mate Joe Biden have a "comprehensive and detailed agenda" that will "bring about the kind of change America needs," with the individual pages deleted entirely.
Obama's camp is claiming the changes are a consequence of the web site's hasty launch last week:
"We're retooling the Web site," said spokesman Nick Shapiro to Pro Publica. "Basically, it was put up within hours after we won. We took everything down to rework it."
Regardless of whether the information is re-posted or altered, the incident is a lesson to the new administration: with so much attention focused on every move and statement being made, it's important that nothing is posted on the Internet before it's vetted and approved first. We'll call that the Palin Rule.
The fact that so many sites have posted cached versions of the deleted web pages just drives the point home further; in this day and age, nothing you post on the Internet is going to go away quickly just because you pull it off your server.
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Definitely the appropriate given Blog is very important for us because it is a very helpful source of communication between themselves and public as well as the Business also we can share our own feelings. Barak Obama is a talented President he has brilliant idea about politics i think he will get success very soon. Democratic government are looking for a change in America they are doing quite good job. If i talk about the website then it is also giving a great contribution for communicating. I hope Obama will take care of all these problems in U.S.A. I think the American as well as black American has lots of expectations from Osama’s government.
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Sydney 03/12/09 08:02 am ET
I hope this administration will do something about the drugs being advertised today. Some have caused injuries and death. They should be more monitored. Read "Our Daily Meds".
Marie Hughes 01/19/09 09:28 am ET
We have voted for change.
New changes, new faces, and new ideas? Isn't what we worked for?
To many Clitons on the team now
Mary Merci 11/17/08 11:27 pm ET
So any reference to Gov. Palin's incompetence as a candidate is sexist? And attacks on a male candidate would be, what, fair game?
Another USG worker 11/12/08 04:36 pm ET
Well, hasn't it been cached somewhere? Once out... now way back in again?
Bresslau 11/12/08 12:03 pm ET
There was no need for the "Palin rule" comment. Gov. Palin still has more executive experience than Mr. Obama's 143 days in the Senate. Think about that the next time you decide to insult over 51% of the US population.
And with the way that this "democracy" is headed towards socialism (bailing out every industry under the sun and "spreading the wealth"), sexism is not something I need to see in this forum.
USG worker 11/12/08 07:58 am ET