Check out Change.gov and PresidentialTransition.gov (now with screen shots)

A new era is dawning. Obama-Biden are giving us information about what they are doing. Imagine, a government that is working to inform its citizens.

:wow:
edited to add direct links: http://www.change.gov/ and http://presidentialtransition.gov

NOTE the .gov addresses. :woohoo:

"Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today." - President-Elect Barack Obama

edited to add this hasty screen grab:


and edited again to add the Presidential Transition website:

Maybe the server is overloaded. It's how I found http://presidentialtransition.gov (which is a website Palin could use to learn about how the government is structured)

I tried several times before and kept getting a 404 server error.

Thanks!

:woohoo:

OMFG!!!!!

It became pretty apparent when I saw that eagle logo. :bounce:

who is still in shock. This is a guy who was the first person I knew who wanted Obama. He's still getting used to the idea that it has actually happened.

that transition one is amazing...
wish I had more time to peruse it today...
bookmarked for later!

I love being informed...
so nice to feel included...

:kick:

He works in downtown DC (off of K Street). He was at lunch and he heard some people from WaPo talking about it. He called and told me. I've been looking through the pages for over an hour and thought I'd share it. :blush:

to inform my co-worker friends about this one tomorrow! There's always something better goin' on with that community organizer.

There are links to inauguration info at presidentialtransition.

:bounce:

It feels like a breathe of fresh air. I just find the whole thing incredible and I applaud the O-B team for doing it.

and they know the blogosphere doesn't just read and accept without investigating, so they are going to be on their toes.

I give them HUGE credit for doing this right off the bat.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

:woohoo:

But as I went through the pages my shock transitioned into tears of hope. A new day is dawning. The adults are going to be in charge.

but then I started looking through and reading and it's like, WOW, THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT AWAY!!!!!

I have never cried so many tears of relief as I have since I voted last Friday. This is such a remarkable time.

*sighs*

;)

How cool would that be? :)

:blush:

:yoiks:

Fingers x'd!

Is that.. is that really... is that transparency? OMFG! I believe it is!

That is a beautiful step in the right direction. I believe its also a direct nod to the web campaign that supported him so well.

Funny how this one thing can make me so happy... yes Dorothy it really has been that bad.

I do not want you opening yourself up already... THis is from NASA, but I know it is all over the gov...

1.2.2.4 E-Government Act of 2002.

The E-Gov Act is addressed in this document only as it relates to privacy issues. In this respect, the E-Gov Act reinforces existing statutory privacy provisions and adds new requirements to ensure sufficient protections for the privacy of personal information as agencies implement electronic government.

a. Title III of the E-Gov Act, entitled "Federal Information Security Management Act" (FISMA), provides for development and maintenance of minimum controls required to protect Federal information and information systems. It also authorizes OMB and the NIST, under the U.S. Commerce Department, to define what is meant by "minimum controls required." Briefly, the following are requirements specifically related to PII: (1) Designation of all systems containing PII information to be categorized, at a minimum, as "Moderate," as defined in NIST FIPS 199. All requirements for "Moderate" systems identified within NPR 2810.1, Security of Information Technology, are to be met and will be certified as part of the NASA Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process.

(2) Implementation of specific controls for systems containing PII.

b. Specific new privacy requirements in Section 208 of the E-Gov Act and OMB guidance for implementing them are summarized below and detailed in the following chapters:

(1) PIAs must be conducted and made publicly available for all information technology (IT) systems, including Web sites, which collect and/or maintain IIF on members of the public. The phrase "members of the public," under the E-Gov Act, excludes Government personnel, contractors, and partners. Detailed requirements for conducting PIAs are provided in Chapter 3.

(2) Agencies are prohibited from using persistent tracking technology or "persistent cookies" on public Web sites. Web content managers must seek the approval of the NASA Chief Information Officer (CIO) to use persistent tracking technology under certain circumstances described, along with the approval process, in Chapter 4.

(3) Requirements are prescribed for Web privacy policy placement, clarity, and format, as well as Web privacy policy content regarding public consent to the collection and sharing of information and their rights under privacy laws. These Web-related requirements are elaborated in section 4.2.

"Content copyright © 2008 by Obama-Biden Transition Project, a 501c(4) organization. All rights reserved."


There are a few stub pages that I ran across:

http://www.change.gov/americaserves/plan
http://www.change.gov/americaserves/serve

Is there a government CIO? :shrug:

And the VP under "Executive Branch" where it belongs.

Cause you'd get 100 recs for posting it!

;)

Wow... after 8 years there's finally light at the end of the tunnel that's NOT another oncoming train. :)

I'm truly envious of those that might be able to work for this administration. Good luck to all those who apply. :)

Because President Biden is not the same thing.

But I have one comment. I see Energy and Environment listed on the Change.gov under agenda. Now, I realize that they are often intertwined, but sometimes they are not. I think they should be separate categories. One example is the issue of CAFOs and the problems they cause with water and soil contamination. Before * hijacked the government, this was an issue I was intensely interested and active in trying to change.

I know what you mean though. When I lived in Kansas a big concern was the move toward corporate hog farms and the environmental contamination they caused. Another concern was how they were pushing out smaller family run operations.

We voted for the right person for the job. I can hardly wait for January 20, 2009. :) :) :)


Edited to add -

From the "America Serves" page:

America Serves

"When you choose to serve -- whether it's your nation, your community or simply your neighborhood -- you are connected to that fundamental American ideal that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness not just for ourselves, but for all Americans. That's why it's called the American dream."

The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start.


I LOVE this man!

I thought that the news that the President-elect had two websites - chocked full of information - so that the American people can see what they are planning and what they are doing would be more newsworthy. We've just been through 8 years of a secretive administration who went out of their way to keep us in the dark. Now we have leaders who want to keep us informed and no one is paying attention. Instead there were threads about where the Obama girls should go to school, what kind of puppy they should have and a whole host of other things that, well, are nothing more than the type of wild speculation that the media constantly engages in. I'm disappointed.

On the other hand, it is nice to know that there are some other DU'ers who care enough to actually check out and recommend a thread that will directly affect our future. Thank you for checking out this thread and for taking the time, like a few others did, to actually explore the websites. When I found out about them I spent over an hour, with my jaw dropping in absolute delight and wonderment, checking out all the information that was provided. It feels like a new era is dawning.

You are right, this should be seen as the turning point towards open govt that is the promise of Obama the candidate, the first promise being fulfilled before even being sworn in!

It is big and deep, a core philosophical shift.
But the media will be what it is, and as always, we must take the reins to whatever extent we can.

Thank you for your part in doing that!

Most of don't seem to see things as important unless they see it on TV or get bombarded by it. Obama promised us transparency and he's doing it. He promised us that we would work together and he's providing us the tools. But, apparently, in all the celebrations and self-congratulations, people are already forgetting that the hardest part of our fight to get our country back has just begun.

Frankly, this is one of the coolest things that I've seen since Gore launched Gorenet back in 1999 to accept small donations and to try to bring the grassroots together. That idea took a while to catch on (mostly because a lot of people didn't have computers back in 1999) but when it did, it started a revolution.

In the end Obama and Biden can only do so much. It is up to us to keep up the fight. I'm just grateful that they are giving us that chance. I hope others will catch on eventually. I just hope it doesn't take as long this time.

I'm tired of the secrecy too but now that change has come we can finally get some action on a LOT of issues that obviously the soon-to-be former administration has failed to do!

Btw, any meetups you wanna do before the onslaught in January? Please let me know when you can. Thanks again!

I'm already telling family and friends about the web sites. I have a repuke neighbor, sweetest lady in the world, who told me that she is scared, now that Barack Obama has won the presidency. I'm going to direct her to the web sites. I think that alone should take care of her 'fear.'

I'm going to read every single word on www.change.gov
and http://presidentialtransition.gov/

These sites will be on my "must visit" web sites list. I plan on going to them every day. This is a huge resource for all of us, and DU'ers should be as familiar with change.gov as they are with DU. President-Elect Obama is giving us the knowledge - we can use it to educate more people.


:kick:


I'm going to send these links to every person in my email address book. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter.

But I took it a step further--I applied for a job so pray, cross your fingers, etc.. Given that I'm already working for the government, knowing the red tape it takes to have a Secretary confirmed and all that jazz I want a change of venue. In my office they're so corrupt and backbiting I'm taking a huge step by applying for another position in this fashion. Besides, after dealing with these inept "officals" for the last 5 years, change is definitely necessary. Wish me well!