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RNC's Web Master: Two Years Is Too Short

May 20, 2009 FROM NEXTGOV arrow The man praised by many GOP technorati as the one thing their party had going for it says new chairman Michael Steele never asked him to stay -- although, Cyrus Krohn says, his mind was made up to leave. Krohn, who had worked at Yahoo and Slate before taking over ...

Federal workforce needs some tender loving care, says Clinton official

February 9, 2009 Harvard professor Linda Bilmes served as an assistant secretary in President Clinton's Commerce Department and is co-author of an upcoming book, The People Factor: Strengthening America By Investing In Public Service, which she wrote along with W. Scott Gould, who has been nominated as deputy secretary for Veterans Affairs. Bilmes ...

Budget expert offers tips for efficient stimulus spending

February 6, 2009 Linda Bilmes served as an assistant secretary in President Clinton's Commerce Department and has written extensively about government budgets and the costs of the Iraq War. It's Professor Bilmes these days, as she teaches advanced budgeting courses at Harvard University and consults with local governments on how to become more ...

Obama administration launches new White House Web site

January 20, 2009 FROM NEXTGOV arrow As former President Bush flew out of Washington in a helicopter, his successor was already making changes -- starting with the White House Web site. Sometime after Barack Obama officially became president, Change.gov began sending visitors to a new Whitehouse.gov that "will serve as a place for the President and ...

Obama administration launches new White House Web site

January 20, 2009 As former President Bush flew out of Washington in a helicopter, his successor was already making changes -- starting with the White House Web site. Sometime after Barack Obama officially became president, Change.gov began sending visitors to a new Whitehouse.gov that "will serve as a place for the President and ...

McCain camp said no to text messaging

January 2, 2009 FROM NEXTGOV arrow Republicans have been kicking themselves for not thinking of some innovations that Barack Obama's campaign rolled out one after another, but in some cases John McCain's strategists were presented the same ideas and gave them a thumbs-down. One infamous case: text messaging supporters with the announcement of a vice presidential ...

Targeted Advertising

August 12, 2008 Barack Obama has outspent John McCain in overall campaign advertising, but in at least one overlooked area of ad spending, McCain enjoys a dramatic lead. Despite the Obama campaign's image as the more tech-savvy of the two, it's McCain who has invested much more heavily in search engine advertising, according ...