White House Outreach

Jared Bernstein, Executive Director of the Middle Class Task Force, and Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President, has started posting to the White House Blog. His initial post is a discussion of the task force, and a thanks for the 34,700 messages left so far on www.astrongmiddleclass.gov, providing input and suggestions.

Bernstein also hosted a conference call for media and bloggers this week, talking about the economy and the stimulus package. The technicalities were beyond me, but I did catch that details of the package, when signed, will be available at www.recovery.gov. The inclusion of bloggers, especially state level bloggers (John Morgan of the Pennsylvania Progressive was also on the call), in contacts with higher level officials, is new, at least to me. The direct outreach to the public is also welcome.