The White HousePresident Barrack Obama

“President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history”

Rating Criteria Clarity of information Overall image and outlook Rating of 0 means failed to accomplish task Rating of 0.5 means somewhat satisfies

requirement Rating of 1 means successfully completes

task Overall rating out of 10

Excellent balance between professionalism and political maturity and a certain ability to engage citizens young and old in politics, community, national and international initiatives.

Front page shows a picture of Obama looking off into the distance: envisioning change

Roadmap to recovery Recovery Act Quick link to list of issues Rating: 1/1

Personality and Policy

Courage, change and vision. Website demonstrates a new fresh

“peoples” administration Organization – consistent in branding, The site is organized by 7 categories General look is royal, mature, professional,

clean and sophisticated Photo Gallery shows that the website is

interactive Rating: 1/1

Branding, Look and Feel

Help for Haiti: What can you do? The blog Email Subscriptions White House internships Publish all non-emergency legislation for 5

days for public review before being signed Contact information of the president is

posted for citizens to call and write Rating: 0.5/1

Opportunity for citizen engagement

Has a variety of networking connections on the first page itself

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flickr

Helps people stay connected to the latest news from the Whitehouse

Also has an updated blog (about 10 categories)

Rating: 1/1

Social Networking

Spanish subtitle option in videos However, the videos did not have Spanish

audio all publications, social articles and releases

are easy to understand, relevant and well organized.

Not all videos allow for Spanish subtitle The website is available and fully translated

in Spanish Rating: 0.5/1

Language use

Images on the site contain “alt tags” which aid users by using a screen reader (which is for the visually impaired or the learning disabled)

However, the site links to outside sites that lack accessibility commitments (ie. YouTube)

Allows people to comment on the accessibility of their website

Rating: 1/1

Provision for disabilities

The policy explained on this site is more extensive than other sites and this is understandable due to the important nature of the website

Children’s online privacy protection act physical, electric and procedural safeguards Protects personal information May use compilations of comments for statistical

purposes

Rating: 1/1

Privacy Policy

Crisp and Clear Many opportunities for citizen engagement Visual aids to make your visit more exciting Captures attention of audience Consistent Email updates allow for a more personal

experience No discussion board for people to share

views 9/10

Overall Rating