Obama rolls out Change.gov

As if we weren’t already impressed enough with Obama’s use of the web and social media today he rolled out Change.gov, the Obama Administration’s offical website. H/T Shelton Reese who commented in our other post about Obama making history.  There was never any doubt that Obama would change the way government operates on the web and the Administration upholds that belief with the sites launch less than 48 hours after Obama was declared the 44th President of the United States.  The site allows you to submit your story and your vision of what YOU think this Presidency should be like.  It also has an official blog:

AND there is a brief page on how to apply for JOBS in the Obama Administration.  Shelton, the commenter mentioned above, also listed key contact people for the Administration:

Transition Senior Staff-

Chris Lu – Executive Director

Dan Pfeiffer – Communications Director

Stephanie Cutter – Chief Spokesperson

Cassandra Butts – General Counsel

Jim Messina – Personnel Director

Patrick Gaspard – Associate Personnel Director

Christine Varney – Personnel Counsel

Melody Barnes – Co-Director of Agency Review

Lisa Brown – Co-Director of Agency Review

Phil Schiliro – Director of Congressional Relations

Michael Strautmanis – Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs

Katy Kale – Director of Operations

Brad Kiley – Director of Operations

Also don’t search for the speech on YouTube, you can watch it right from his site!

Category: Strategy, web 2.0 | Tags: Barack Obama, Change.gov, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Jobs, Obama Blog, Obama Jobs