by Tim on January 30, 2012
In case you’ve been following We the People (see our coverage), this upcoming conference call might be for you. From the IAP2 USA blog: We the People Follow-Up: February 1, 2012 Last October, we asked you to help us improve We the People, the new White House e-petition site. Collaborating with our partners, the National Coalition for [...]
by Tim on December 3, 2011
It’s been a little over two months since we last took a look at We The People adoption metrics. Lucas Cioffi, NCDD Board member, on Thursday attended a meeting on the Open Government Partnership (OGP), specifically the U.S. Action Plan. He was able to score the following metrics: White House Meeting on OpenGov Action Plan Of [...]
by Tim on September 29, 2011
Update 09/29 at 2.18pm: According to this tweet from Macon Phillips, there have been “500k signatures from 300k ppl on 6500 petitions.” In the post below, I forgot to mention that petitions must gain 150 signatures before they can be included in the public listing. I’ve updated the post accordingly. The White House e-petition site [...]
by Tim on September 22, 2011
Moments ago, the White House unveiled their new online petition service, We The People: We The People is Live! Welcome to We the People on WhiteHouse.gov. This tool provides you with a new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country. If a petition gets enough [...]
by Tim on September 15, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a few questions related to the public participation aspects of the new We The People e-petition site. Earlier today, the White House went into some detail answering all six of them: What the People Want to Know About We the People In the same post, White House Director of New Media Macon Phillips [...]