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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: 4, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:08PM (2 children)
You'd think 25 year old excuses would be too worn out to play any more. They're shutting down the website, temporarily, because it's too costly to run?!? $1 million per year, if that can be believed? Oh, what a budget buster! I read that a carrier strike group costs about $6.5 million per _day_.
Balance the Budget has been the Republican goto excuse for cutting everything they don't like. But when it's something they like, such as more military, more police, more spying, and now, a Big Beautiful Wall, then it's Security, we must have more Security!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday December 20 2017, @03:37PM
Security doesn't explain SLS. But you are on the right track.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday December 20 2017, @06:40PM
Don't forget adding $2 trillion in federal debt to pay for a tax cut for the rich!