Just in time for the new administration, the Washington Post launches Who Runs Gov
We all witnessed a transition of power on Tuesday as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, taking over for George W. Bush. But while everyone knows at least some information about those two figures, how much do you know about some of Obama’s advisors, and those people who will now be running our country? Probably not a lot. That’s where Who Runs Gov, a new site built by the Washington Post Company, comes in.
The site, which is powered by MindTouch’s Deki online publishing platform, is a community site that relies on collaboration from its users to help build out the profiles of government officials. That may sound like Wikipedia, but Who Runs Gov also relies on a team of editors from the Washington Post Company and is laser-focused on just covering the people who matter in Washington right now. This allows the site to go in depth on several players on the scene who might seem minor to outsiders.
