Director of the Office of Management and Budget for President Obama’s administration, Peter Orszag, speaks to the importance of blogging as a means of transparency and immediate reporting.
The guy talks like a huge nerd which, given his role, is a really good thing.

Another great interactive graphic from the New York Times, this one entitled How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions

Keynesian economic policies seem to be a hot topic now as analysts discuss the Obama administration’s plan to reboot the US economy through deficit spending and a delay on proposed tax hikes.

As expected, the Obama administration has updated whitehouse.gov to coincide with the mandate that the US leverage technology to empower and inform their citizens.

Nadav Kander photographs 52 members of Obama’s team for this NYT Magazine feature including incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm “Rahmbo” Emmanuel, pictured above. More of Mr. Kander’s work.

Updated design for the hardcover by Pentagram

Possibly the future face of open government (as open a government can be), Change.gov is currently the transition site of President-Elect Obama. The site calls for suggestions and clearly outlines the future administration’s agenda; The economy being numero uno, of course.
I silently hoped Obama would take his web team to Washington to be the [...]

Have to agree with Jason here on his 2008 Election Maps comparison, The New York Times had the best interactive Election Map last night. It’s not evident in the pic, but you were able to click on the state and zoom into county results, a la John King.

Obama the cowboy, originally uploaded by Mr. Wright.

President-Elect Barack Obama

There’s a palpable buzz everywhere that we’re on the eve of something really special; A return to the kind of sure-handed, effective and inspiring leadership in the US that many have never seen in this generation (depending on your take of the Clinton years).
I spent some time on Sunday going through the milestones of Barack [...]