White House holds 'Twitter office hours'

TWITTER OFFICE HOURS: The White House has a new interactive initiative. "Confused about this whole debt ceiling/deficit reduction negotiation and how it will affect you?  Well, if you’re looking to Obama’s White House to help sort it out for you, they’re offering “Office Hours.”  Yep, that’s right, it’s kinda like college, without the waiting in the hallway for a professor/teaching assistant/grad student who may or may not show up.  Only the office is on Twitter. And these aren’t TAs. In another outreach effort to flex the White House’s interactive nature, National Economic Council members Brian Deese and Jason Furman will be typing away all this week responding to queries live on Twitter." This is a nice gesture. Good to see, in spite of its inherent weirdness. (via Ben Smith)