During the coming years, I will be focusing much of my attention on educating the Right and implementing new technologies on their behalf. It is an exciting time and long past due.

Earlier today, I was interviewed by Winter Casey over at the National Journal about the relaunch of the congressional Republican website, www.gop.gov. It is a significant leap forward in design, content, and ease of use. Other GOP organizations should take note and keep looking for new ideas and new technologies to advance their message more effectively.

Excerpt:

The House Republican Conference has launched a new GOP.gov, the official Web site of House Republicans in the 111th Congress. The updates are meant to enhance citizen engagement through blogs, a legislative digest, interactive features, video, radio addresses and the option to receive automatic updates when content is published.

Scott Graves, a publisher of Republican blogs, said it looks like the GOP is taking a “play from the playbook of the Obama campaign.” The site’s designer clearly recognized that what Democrats did in 2008 worked, he said. “The Republicans over the last few months have finally recognized that they are going to need to focus real attention and real resources on their online communication efforts,” Graves added. He said he hopes the GOP will look to emerging technologies in 2012 rather than relying on what worked in 2008.

Casey’s article can be read here. Read the National Journal’s Tech Daily Dose here.