[Infowarrior] - White House Internet Team Announced

[Richard Forno]

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See also
http://lostintransition.nationaljournal.com/2009/02/obama-names-tech-policy-official.php

Obama Names Tech Policy Official
by WINTER CASEY

Kei Koizumi has been appointed assistant director for federal research  
and development at the White House Office of Science and Technology  
Policy, where he will be working on federal R&D budget issues and  
tracking funding. Koizumi served on the Obama transition team as part  
of the Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working  
Group. He said the group talked a lot about science funding in the  
stimulus bill and brainstormed ways to implement the Obama campaign  
agenda within the first 100 days of office.

Koizumi last served as the longtime director of the R&D budget and  
policy program at the American Association for the Advancement of  
Science, an international nonprofit organization. While at AAAS,  
Koizumi was the principal budget analyst, editor, and writer for  
annual reports on federal R&D and for updated analysis on federal R&D  
on the association's Web site.

Koizumi, who considers himself a Democrat, said he is "happy to be  
entering public service after 14 years in the nonprofit sector."


On Feb 23, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Tim Jones wrote:

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/410988/obama_announces_white_house_internet_team

Staff Information from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs:

  Macon Phillips, Director of New Media

  Since the election, Phillips has served as Director of New Media for  
the Presidential Transition Team, developing Change.gov and overseeing  
the transition's overall online communications. Prior to that, he  
served as the Deputy Director of New Media for Obama for America,  
managing the day to day operations of the campaign's online program.  
Before the campaign, Macon led Blue State Digital's strategy practice,  
working with clients like the Democratic National Committee and  
Senator Ted Kennedy.

  Cammie Croft, Deputy New Media Director

  Croft comes to the White House from the Obama-Biden Transition  
Project, where she served as the Deputy New Media Director,  
specializing in online communications. Prior to that, as the New Media  
Rapid Response Manager for the Obama for America campaign, she oversaw  
efforts to integrate new media and communications, including managing  
websites such as FighttheSmears.com and UndertheRadar.com. Before  
joining the campaign, Croft built the tracking and media monitoring  
program at Progressive Accountability, a rapid-response communications  
advocacy campaign that provided video of Republican Presidential  
candidates for the mass public. Croft also worked as the Rapid  
Response Mobilization Director for Americans Against Escalation in  
Iraq, where she led their new media efforts, working with MoveOn.org's  
online tools to mobilize Americans opposed to the war.

  Jason Djang, Deputy Director for Video

  Djang served on the New Media video teams for both Obama for America  
and the Obama-Biden Transition Project as an editor and producer.  
Prior to joining the campaign, he worked in documentary film and  
television in New York City and Los Angeles.

  Jesse Lee, Online Programs Director

  Lee worked in the New Media department for the Transition team doing  
online outreach, having done online communications for the Democratic  
National Committee during election season. Prior to that he was Senior  
New Media Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 110th Congress,  
having worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee  
online from 2004-2006.

  Katie Stanton, Director of Citizen Participation

  Katie Jacobs Stanton joins the New Media team as Director of Citizen  
Participation. Prior to this role, Stanton was at Google where she was  
a Principal in the New Business Development team responsible for  
OpenSocial, Google Moderator, and various election-related initiatives.