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.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 20 2017, @10:47AM (1 child)
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
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:36PM
Reminder: Trump's son is good with the cyber.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.