They are inviting public figures, incumbent and would-be legislators, non-profit organizations and concerned citizens to sign onto the Platform at peacethroughstrength.com .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

President Obama's interview kicks off a series of White House hangouts in which members of the Obama administration will continue to use this platform to engage with citizens on a range of issues.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Bush and former President Bill Clinton engaged in online chats with citizens, but neither relied on the Internet as a platform for reaching the American public as Obama does, said Andrew Rasiej, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and the techPresident blog.

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And Jason Putorti, co-founder of Votizen, a social media platform that, by sorting the diverse needs of citizens, gives candidates and voters the tools needed to organize ideas and challenge Washington lobbyists.

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The platform represents the collective engagement of local government structures and efforts of the citizens of the city to develop preventive disaster mitigation measures from a long-term perspective.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Green u-City will also provide an open-source development platform for local developers to create further apps, either for city managers or for citizens.

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