news.cnet.com - 11/18/2008
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If you want a job in an Obama administration, be prepared to disclose every blog post or comment you've ever written. A nine-page questionnaire requires applicants to list--and if possible, provide copies of--all "posts or comments on blogs or other Web sites" they have ever made. Also ...
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Ari Herzog: Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Calmes summarizes:
"Applicants are asked whether they or anyone in their family owns a gun. They must include any e-mail that might embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their Facebook pages.
The application also asks applicants to 'please list all aliases or "handles" you have used to communicate on the Internet.'"
Declan McCullagh of CNet News expands upon Calmes' summary with a closer look:
"Translated into English, this means that President-elect Obama ...
Daily Digest: Questioning the Marching-Orders Construct
techPresident —
... , reports the New York Times' Michael Falcone -- though it's a bit unclear whether that figure indicates actual completed applications (which included a grueling nine-page questionnaire) or just simple statements of interest. (Thanks Shaun Dakin.) The optimist says that job seekers are energized by the change Obama has promised to bring to Washington. The cynic says that it's just that the White House is one of the very few employers in America hiring right now. ...
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