White House creates website for online petitions
he White House is making it easier for people to press the federal
government to act.
It is bringing that constitutional right to petition one's government into the digital age with a webpage, "We the People," where people can create and sign petitions seeking the government's action on a range of issues.
An official response is guaranteed for any petition that draws enough signatures — 5,000 names within 30 days — after it is reviewed by staff and the appropriate policy experts within the Obama administration.
The White House announced the new page, http://www.whitehouse.gov/wethepeople, on Thursday.
"When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its citizens," President Barack Obama said in the announcement. He said the new feature will give Americans "a direct line" to the White House on issues that most concern them.
The online petition program comes as Obama has been urging the public to press their representatives in Congress to act on his ideas for creating jobs and balancing the federal budget.
To emphasize word-of-mouth organizing, a petition's Web address initially will only be known by the person who created it. The address is not supposed to show up anywhere else on the White House website until 150 signatures have been collected.
It is bringing that constitutional right to petition one's government into the digital age with a webpage, "We the People," where people can create and sign petitions seeking the government's action on a range of issues.
An official response is guaranteed for any petition that draws enough signatures — 5,000 names within 30 days — after it is reviewed by staff and the appropriate policy experts within the Obama administration.
The White House announced the new page, http://www.whitehouse.gov/wethepeople, on Thursday.
"When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its citizens," President Barack Obama said in the announcement. He said the new feature will give Americans "a direct line" to the White House on issues that most concern them.
The online petition program comes as Obama has been urging the public to press their representatives in Congress to act on his ideas for creating jobs and balancing the federal budget.
To emphasize word-of-mouth organizing, a petition's Web address initially will only be known by the person who created it. The address is not supposed to show up anywhere else on the White House website until 150 signatures have been collected.
Posted by Knucklz at September 2, 2011 6:38 AM 
Categories: Government, Big Brother, Bill Of Rights, Economy, Conspiracy, Obama
Tags: white house Conspiracy protests petition Goverment Corruption
Categories: Government, Big Brother, Bill Of Rights, Economy, Conspiracy, Obama
Tags: white house Conspiracy protests petition Goverment Corruption
the same think started in the uk a few months ago and hopefully the us one will work better. the way it works here is you get 100.000 name on the petition and then it gets talked about in thecommons but thats not what actually happens. acommittee first look at it and decide wether to send it to thecommons and in most cases they just throw it out. for example 500.000 signed a petition for bringing back the death penalty and it never went anywhere as our human rights laws forbid it. the whole thing is pointless
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