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Everything Obama

Barack Obama shows his tech initiative – The Technology, Innovation and Government Reform Team (TIGR) has been established to make optimum use of technology for communication, to create a more transparent and connected democracy, and promote public participation.

Other changes:

  • For the first time ever, an official White House blog came online
  • Obama is the first U.S. president to have an RSS feed!
  • President Obama has more followers on Twitter than anyone else (168,000).
  • His fan page on Facebook has more than 4 million fans.
  • President Obama is getting to keep his BlackBerry – after security concerns were addressed, such as the potential for the device to leak classified information or his GPS coordinates
  • Obama has appointed the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer to work with federal agencies to oversee the country’s internet security and deploy next-generation broadband

Trexler Materials about President Obama:

Ø     Change we can believe in:  Barack Obama’s plan to renew America’s promise.  (2008).  New York:  Three Rivers Press.  NYT Bestsellers Coll. 973 Oba

Ø     The audacity of hope:  Thoughts on reclaiming the American dream.  (2006).  New York:  Crown Publishers.  NYT Bestsellers Coll.  973 Oba

Ø     The audacity of hope [Audiodisc] : Thoughts on reclaiming the American dream. (2006).  New York : Random House Audio. AV Alcove  AB 973.049 O12a

Ø     Medell, David.  (2007).  Obama:  From promise to power.  New York:  Amistad.  NYT Bestsellers Coll.  973.049 Men

Center for Ethics –

Public talk about President Obama

Miller Forum, Moyer Hall, 7pm

On Tuesday, Feb 17th, the Center for Ethics series, Politics, Ethics & Citizenship continues with a public talk by Nadine Strossen, Former President of the ACLU
Lecture topic:  “President Obama and the Supreme Court – A Conversation with Nadine Strossen”

Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law School, is the former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a position she held from 1991-2008.  She was the first woman to head the ACLU, the nation’s largest and oldest civil liberties organization.

Trexler Library has the following volume available in the main collection:

Ø     Strossen, Nadine.  (1995).  Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights.  New York:  Scribner. Main Coll. 363.47 S924d