WhiteHouse.gov
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Opening page as of January 20, 2009
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| Web address | whitehouse |
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| Commercial? | No |
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Type of site
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Government |
| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Owner | Federal government of the United States |
| Launched | October 20, 1994[1] |
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Alexa rank
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 3,462 (February 2015[update])[2] |
| Current status | Active |
WhiteHouse.gov is the official website of the White House and is owned by the United States government. Launched in October 1994,[3] it contains general American history information, as well as current news pertaining to the President, press briefings, proclamations, executive orders, and any speeches the president has made on the radio.
The website is the responsibility of the incumbent administration. As a result, the site is completely redesigned for each new president, and the site's structure and URLs are often inconsistent from one administration to the next.
Content of website is in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license.[4]
Contents
The Presidency of Barack Obama[edit]
Content[edit]
The current administration's website is broken into the following sections:
- The White House Blog
- Photos and Videos
- The Briefing Room
- Issues
- The Administration
- The White House
- Our Government
Platform[edit]
The current website runs on the open source software named Drupal.[5]
Civic engagement[edit]
On September 1, 2011, David Plouffe announced in an email that the White House is releasing "We the People" to allow public petitions on whitehouse.gov. The launch of the petitioning platform was announced by Katelyn Sabochik September 22, 2011 in a White House blog post.[6]
See also[edit]
- Whitehouse.com, a former adult website
- Whitehouse.org, a parody website
- List of websites founded before 1995
References[edit]
- ^ "Vice President Unveils First Interactive Citizens' Handbook". The White House, Office of the Vice President. 1994-10-20. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "Whitehouse.gov Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ "Scout Report: Week ending October 21, 1994". 1994-10-21. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ WhiteHouse.gov
- ^ Informationweek.com
- ^ "White House blog press release regarding the new "We the People" petitioning platform". WhiteHouse.gov. September 22, 2011.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to WhiteHouse.gov. |
- Official website
- Archived versions of the site during the Bush administration
- Archived versions of the site during the Clinton administration
