After his victory, Barack Obama promised an "open government" and use "technological tools that can promote citizen participation in decision-making." Two recent initiatives (a chat from the White House and a grassroots campaign to support his budget proposal) illustrate this new way of governing in the digital society era.
Another interesting initiative: the grassroots campaign launched by the Obama team to support his budget proposal. The campaign is being run by the Democratic National Committee and is using the 13 million-strong-email list accumulated during Obama's presidentiel campaign to flood members of Congress with phone calls asking for their support for the $3.55 trillion budget proposal. emails ask supporters to perform similar tasks that where asked during the presidential campaign: to organize neighborhood canvassing operations during weekends and to participate in organized efforts, using the same voter lists that were usedn to go door-to-door seeking support for the Obama agenda. [Read the article in the Washington Post]



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