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Tuesday, January 20. 2009

White House Updates: Just Give E-mail and ZIP Code

Here's confirmation that the new administration believes geography matters: when you sign up for updates from the site (upper right hand corner) you are asked for a ZIP Code. I'm guessing they'll target messages/news appropriately. We'll see!

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Geography DOES matter...they want to know what congressional district you're in!
#1 Archie Belaney on 2009-01-20 17:06 (Reply)
or maybe they don't want dangerous foreigners signing up for updates? :-)
#2 Ian Turton on 2009-01-20 17:42 (Reply)
Well, that too. Imagine one of those dangerous foreigners, confronted by a...ZIP CODE REGISTRATION FIELD! We should have visa applicants pass the same test, that'll weed out all them undsireables.
#3 Archie Belaney on 2009-01-20 19:51 (Reply)

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