Director of new media technologies at the Executive Office of the President of the United State of America Leigh Heyman was recently reported to be the man behind all the modern interactive media delivered during Barack Obama's last 'state of the union' a

When he's not making sure President Obama's "social footprint" is impressive and impactful, Heyman can be found explaining how the White House has embraced open source technologies as part of its wider remit to digitise its activities.

Heyman recently spoke at a conference in South Carolina to explain how WhiteHouse.gov has been working with more open technologies.

Most interesting of all perhaps is that this presidential IT team is now moving towards more open and transparent government with activities including:

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