WhiteHouse.gov Revamps

Government 2.0

Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:23PM EDT / Published Jan. 20, 2009 7:58AM EST

America has a new president, and with him, a brand new White House web presence. As President Obama put his hand on Lincoln's bible, his administration relaunched WhiteHouse.gov with a new group blog spearheaded by Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House. "Just like your new government, WhiteHouse.gov and the rest of the administration's online programs will put citizens first," he wrote. There's that not much to see yet, but there's a slideshow of all 44 presidents. Obama's story, his bio says, "is the American story."

Read it at Whitehouse.gov

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