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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/18/2008
"Open For Questions"
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Open For Questions will probably be a vehicle for the Obama grassroots groups to organize support around White House priorities.  It will help him get political cover for more controversial items that he wants to tackle, and it has the side benefit of making sure the White House never ...

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change.gov - 12/16/2008
Open for Questions: Response
— change.gov — We've launched several features recently that are opening up the two-way dialogue between the Transition team and the Change.gov community. The feedback has been encouraging and constructive. Each new feature gives us the chance to refine the ways ... (more) Open for Questions: Response

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change.gov - 12/12/2008
The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Open for Questions Archived
— change.gov — This edition of Open for Questions has come to a close. Read our blog entry for more details. Disclaimer : This tool is powered by Google Moderator, a third party service. Here is their privacy policy and terms of service . Have feedback on this ... (more) The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Open for Questions ...

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This edition of Open for Questions comes to a close at 12:00 a.m.
— change.gov — Since its launch yesterday, the Open for Questions tool has processed over 600,000 votes from more than 10,000 people on more than 7,300 questions. Voting will come to a close Friday, December 12th, at 12:00 a.m. EST, so that we can prepare answers ... (more) This edition of Open for Questions comes to a close at ...
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Andrew Sargus Klein: Obama's Monitor-Side Chats
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The digitization and streamlining of government data, websites and accessibility could very well be a crucial factor in rejuvenating the country. Obama’s transition team has already set up an online public forum for submitting questions to the incoming Administration. As Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic put it: ...

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