The Obama Administration Launches Change.gov

On November 5, 2008, the day after the presdidential election President-Elect Barack Obama launched the website, Change.gov to communicate details of the transition to the presidency.

"The website included a blog and jobs page.^[48] It also had a section that allowed visitors to share stories or their visions for the country.^[49] Visitors were able to comment on issues important to them using the Citizen's Briefing Book. Individuals applying for work within the Obama administration via this site were required to go through intensive consumer and criminal background checks performed by the ChoicePoint Corporation.^[50] The website used a Creative Commons license.^[51]

"As part of their efforts towards transparency, on December 5 the transition team announced that "all policy documents from official meetings with outside organizations will be publicly available for review and discussion on Change.gov." After the inauguration, many of the functions of change.gov were transferred to a redesigned White House website.^{[52] (Wikipedia article on Presidential transition of Barack Obama, accessed 9-2020).}

When I revised this entry in September 2020 change.gov was offline.