The Wired Presidency: Can Obama Really Reboot the White House?

Wired by Evan Ratliff | Jan. 29, 2009 (Special Report)

In November, not two weeks after winning the election and still two months from becoming commander in chief, Barack Obama brought the government into the 21st century. Or at least that was what we were told when he released his first Web video address as president-elect. The clip, billed by some as a modern fireside chat, was embedded as a YouTube video on Change.gov, the incoming administration's Web site. Sitting in a leather chair, framed slightly off ... Full Story »

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by Fabrice Florin - Jan. 29, 2009

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by Doug Greer - Jan. 29, 2009

Doug posted this story.

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 29, 2009

This reminds me of 9-11, when the firefighters couldn't get in touch with the police, the Police couldn't get in touch with the FBI, and the CIA was just lost. After nearly eight years , what advancement has the Big Dog, the Homeland Security done to make communicating with each other viable.

They need to get up with David Bowie: Cha, cha, cha, Changes.

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by Anica Wong - Jan. 29, 2009

Interesting topic.

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by Melanie Gingell - Apr. 27, 2009

The writer does an excellent job with attribution and facts, but I think he is a little too pessimistic and hard on the new president.

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by Philip Scott - Jan. 31, 2009

Yes, because it examines and clearly lays out the issues surrounding an area of public interest: how we can bring the processes of our government up to speed with modern technology and social processes.

I know that it will be a difficult process, but it is necessary. The Internet is the wave of the future, not just for the US, but for the world. In order to be competitive our government has to be able to function in a wired environment.

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by Meghan McCurdy - Feb. 2, 2009

The story feels a bit biased to me, as though possibly some personal skepticism on the part of the writer is getting in the way of producing a nuanced story.

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