Patriots
and friends,
It is
so good to have a businessman in charge of the White House.
When
it comes to website design, the Obama White House was not known for doing so
efficiently or cheaply. Those with long memories of insurance exchanges can
attest to this.
Apparently, this kind of profligacy extends to
other web portals as well. And President Trump’s administration is going to save $3,000,000 by
nuking the current design of Whitehouse.gov and unveiling a new one.
The new White House website will debut this Friday.
The
redesign was part of a “months-long reconstruction process that aimed to bring
the Trump administration’s digital presence up to current standards.”
“The old site was a good temporary measure that
allowed us to use what the previous administration had
built, but it wasn’t where it needed to be in terms of providing people with
content they can easily access,” the official is quoted as saying.
“It
adapts the U.S. web design standards and uses a style that is clean, simple and
presidential,” the official said.
Among the improvements: “in-depth policy updates,”
search tools that can help users filter content better, and a look that’s “much
cleaner.”
And all of that costs 60 percent less
than what it used to.
“We will save taxpayers almost $3 million per year
as a result of the redesigned site,” the official said.
“The president is focused on making smart use of
taxpayer dollars and we thought that the previous site was, frankly, costing
far too much.”
As for the savings? Well, security and maintenance were a major part of the
cost of the old website, which the source said cost $6 million per year,
“We are now saving more than 60 percent of that
number per year,” they added.
Three million dollars doesn’t exactly sound like a
lot, at least not for the federal government and/or a real housewife of New
Jersey.
However,
when it comes to taxpayer-funded websites,
saving 60 percent is a pretty big deal.
What are your thoughts on Obama's
old website being replaced? Feel free to leave a comment.
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