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Government Web Sites Are Not for the Incumbents

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the says-who dept.

Hal Plotkin has a column pointing out a severe deficiency in how the U.S. government handles web sites - they are often designed more to promote current office-holders than to conduct governmental affairs. The practice of using official resources for partisan political purposes is not new - the big rush actually hit about 3-4 years ago - but we could make such better use of the web, if only...

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  1. wait.... by standsolid · · Score: 3, Funny

    The US Government promotes candidates currently in office... this can't be fair. we didn't elect them there in the first place.

    -1: sarcastic

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  2. Re:the big question for me is by elfkicker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure. You're telling me that Bush and the Republican party pay for trips in Air Force One that are basically for party affairs and endorsements? Riiiight.

  3. You Need To Add A Few Zeros To That... by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Funny

    3 or 4 years? ROTFLMAO!

    To give one relatively recent example, in the late sixties all construction projects receiving Federal money sprouted signs announcing that fact. The largest letters on those signs spelled out "PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON".

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