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posted by mrpg on Wednesday December 20 2017, @08:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the sure dept.

The White House is briefly shutting down the "We The People" petition website, but promises that all existing petitions will be reinstated on the new, less costly site:

The White House has said it will be shutting down its website for petitions from midnight on Tuesday until a new one is set up in late January. The "We The People" site was set up by the Obama administration in 2011. It promised a response to all petitions drawing more than 100,000 signatures but the Trump administration has not responded to any since January.

The White House said its new platform would save taxpayers more than $1m (£746,500) a year. The total budget of the White House for 2018 is $55m and its information technology budget for the year is $4.94m.

A White House official told the Associated Press news agency that the administration would "respond to public concerns next year" and that all existing petitions would be reinstated then.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 20 2017, @10:47AM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday December 20 2017, @10:47AM (#612240) Journal

    First, kill the site, and fire anyone who works on it.
    If the maintainence and the salaries of the fired don't add to $1,000,000, keep firing.

    Woo hoo! Saved $1,000,000 per year!

    Now, find that guy you know who said he could do it.
    Get his company to do it
    Pay for it out of a different cost centre.
    Doesn't matter if it crashes a few times, or costs $2,000,000, plus maintenence (each year), you already saved the $1,000,000

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:36PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:36PM (#612325) Journal

    Reminder: Trump's son is good with the cyber.

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