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Barack Obama is facing change, big change, as he enters the White House in January. Could the Internet President have to do without his beloved BlackBerry in the no email zone that the office of US President has become?
The Obama Geek Test is
evidence enough of just how seriously the new administration will be
taking the small matter of Internet communications as far as the office
of the 44th President of the United States of America is concerned.
This demands disclosure of any emails with the
potential to cause a media feeding frenzy, along with copies of all
blog postings made, for anyone applying for a senior job in the new
administration.
But it looks like the first Internet President might get unwired as soon
as he steps into office.
Barack Obama is faced with one of the most difficult decisions of his
political career, one of the biggest changes so far. Barack Obama has
to decide whether he keeps using his beloved BlackBerry or not.
Bush established something of a presidential precedent in making email
out of bounds, adopting a lawyered up line of self-defence while in
office. The reason being the Presidential Records Act which requires
all emails and electronic communications to officially archived.
More to the point, it makes them disclosable and therefore potentially
visible to just about anyone who wants a sneaky peek in the future.
It's not all bad news for the Obama Geek though, he is likely to be the
first President with a laptop on his desk and it could well be his
adored Apple. Just as long as he does not do any emailing, blogging or
IM sessions he should be OK.
What do you reckon, should Obama stick with his BlackBerry addiction or
should he follow Bush with a 'no email while in office' policy? If the
message of change really means anything, if the whole riding into the
oval office on an Internet wave means anything, should Obama stay wired?
David Bass
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