And on Wednesday, the Obama transition team announced its own site, www.change.gov, originally scheduled to go live that afternoon but now expected to launch later on today. Besides serving as an outlet for announcements from the transition team, change.gov will include an area for job applicants to submit resumes for positions in the new administration.The Government Accountability Office unveiled a new Web site on Thursday designed to help make the presidential transition a smooth one across the federal government. The site focuses on 13 urgent issues that the watchdog agency believes needs the attention of President-Elect Barack Obama and the 111th Congress. The topics include:
• Caring for Service Members • Defense Readiness • Defense Spending • Food Safety • Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan • Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets • Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies • Protecting the Homeland • Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting • Retirement of the Space Shuttle • Surface Transportation • The 2010 Census • Transition to Digital TV
Sens. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who head the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, commended the GAO for the site's launch. Akaka said he hoped the resource "will encourage all congressional oversight committees to pay more attention to agency management." Voinovich said he hoped in the 11 weeks until Inauguration Day, Obama and his advisers will work with Congress to create a strategic plan to confront the issues flagged on the site.
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