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WhiteHouse.gov: Glimmerings of a New Transparency [1]

Submitted by Dan Gillmor on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 17:41

Jason Kottke notes the new robots.txt file [2] at whitehouse.gov [3] — down to a single “disallow” from more than 2,400 yesterday.

(Cross-posted from the Center for Citizen Media Blog [4].)

Jurisdiction: 

  • United States [5]

Subject Area: 

  • Access to Gov't Information [6]

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comments [7]

Submitted by Kurt Greenbaum [8] on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 18:15

Ah, yes. But as a friend of mine pointed out on Twitter earlier, you apparently can't comment on the Whitehouse.gov blog. Baby steps.

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Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/blog/2009/whitehousegov-glimmerings-new-transparency
[2] http://www.kottke.org/09/01/the-countrys-new-robotstxt-file
[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/
[4] http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/20/whitehousegov-glimmerings-of-a-new-transparency/
[5] https://www.dmlp.org/jurisdiction/united-states
[6] https://www.dmlp.org/subject-area/access-government-information
[7] https://www.dmlp.org/comment/1209#comment-1209
[8] http://www.igreenbaum.com