Change has come to the White House

What an amazing day it has been so far. Barack Obama is now officially our 44th President, and despite my earlier plan to stay party-neutral during this tremendously long campaign and transition (at least publicly), I have to say how incredibly happy I feel about this day, and about the future. Beyond just the events of the day, it's the symbolism that touches me personally and as a member of various overlapping and increasingly more inclusive groups: as an American, as a woman, as a mother, as an edge-of-Gen-Xer, as a member of the human race, and as an environmentalist I know I am just one creature of the universe we all share.

Change has come to the White House is the title of the very first blog post from President Obama's White House. Posted at 12:01 Eastern Standard Time today, it restates Barack's commitment to transparancy and inclusiveness through the use of new media. It's not just nice words, either, it's clear action towards the stated ends. It's beyond eGov, towards what I called cGov a while back.

In President Obama's first official act, he declared today a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, to "call upon all of our citizens to serve one another and the common purpose of remaking this Nation for our new century." President Obama, sign me up!

Oh, right, I already signed myself up. I hope you'll join in, too. Check the top right corner of any of the www.whitehouse.gov pages linked in this post to submit your email and zip code and "get updates".