Technology/Government/Civics

Congress is arguing over how much freedom to give its members when it comes to Twitter, You Tube, and other applications.

"In House, Tweets Fly over Web Plan"

This dovetails with the disparities between Obama and McCain's technology platforms. Look at the difference in their platforms over at Mother Jones Magazine. Obama has some interesting proposals like a Chief Technology Officer and using technology to make government more transparent.

We shouldn't underestimate a President's ability to be forward thinking with technology. President Lincoln was a techie, he pushed hard for telegraph lines across the country and slept in the telegraph office when he was monitoring battlefield positions.

Julius Genachowski's Blog can be read here. He is running technology for Obama's campaign, his name has been kicked around as the first Chief Technology Officer. The blog is a window into the campaign's thinking on technology. Names of a lot of technology heavyweights have also been mentioned for the position of CTO.

"The Facebooker who Befriended Obama" Chris Hughes, one of the four founders of Facebook is running Obama's MyObama social networking component of his campaign.