Change.gov was launched within 24 hours of Obama’s win on Nov 4th. And from recent updates, it appears that the incoming administration is truly authentic in their quest for transparency and creating a new way for the government to interact with its constituents.
The site now hosts the “Citizen’s Briefing Book” – a place where citizen’s can share their ideas on any number of issues as well as rank and comment on existing ones. The top ranking ideas will be complied and shared directly with the President. It looks like this component of the site has just launched, but as I quickly reviewed the comments, I was impressed with some of the ideas, as well as the thoughtfulness and respect with which they have been delivered. (The one flippant idea that I saw posted had already been voted to a -40 out of 100).
It reminded me that good ideas can come from anywhere.
Victoria Thorpe