Glide America: A Clarion Call From Main Street To The United States Government, Wall...

Glide America: A Clarion Call From Main Street To The United States
Government, Wall Street, John McCain and Barack Obama

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2008 election year finds
America in perhaps the greatest financial crisis in its history and the
American people demanding change and reform in Washington, DC.
Starting today, the American people will have a new and powerful vehicle to
promote active citizenship and responsive government with the launch of Glide
America at http://www.GlideAmerica.org.
"Our institutions of government are precariously faltering in their ability to
serve the best interests of the American people," said TransMedia Chairman &
CEO, Donald Leka. "The American people must reassert themselves in the
governance of this great nation and Glide America is a vehicle to that end."
Glide America provides a direct line to Washington, DC, for ordinary citizens
to make their voices heard before decisions are made and votes are cast. Glide
America's industry leading technology accelerates the dissemination of
information to the American people regarding government initiatives and
deliberations and provides citizens with the means (technology) to organize
and act including advanced communication and collaboration tools.
Glide America adds a new and dynamic dimension to representative democracy,
providing a direct channel between citizens and their elected leaders.
Currently information is accessible on the internet from news sites, blogs and
official government sites. Government contacts are available through official
government directories. Software exists to prepare documents and communicate.
Forums exist to vent frustrations and express opinions in social networking
and other web 2.0 sites. Who has time to sift through all of that? Glide
America provides a total solution. It brings all of those things together into
an active community with the capacity for the ordinary citizen to make his
appeal directly to the appropriate government officials with public
transparency into the timeliness and quality of the official response.
Presently citizens are expected to have the wisdom to elect wise leaders and
hope for the best. If they are unhappy with their leaders, in most cases they
must wait for the opportunity to vote them out of office.
Glide America gives citizens active input throughout their elected officials'
terms in office. Lobbyists and special interest groups have unlimited access
to our elected officials. Why shouldn't the average citizen on Main Street?
We at Glide America believe that you should.
Glide America Features:
-- Government Transparency & Accountability - Glide America tracks
government officials' responsiveness to citizens through
statistical analysis of response times to citizen emails and other
online communications. Response times of government representatives
are
quantified individually and tracked over time and in the aggregate for
comparative analysis of representatives and branches of government.
Monthly reports that include statistical data on response rates and
citizen satisfaction will be issued to the public and the media.
-- Government Address Book - is the People's Rolodex of federal
government contacts seamlessly integrated with all of your email
accounts and other communication and collaboration tools. The Glide
America address book contains extensive government contact information
(including Members of Congress, Departments of Government etc.) for
quick and convenient email or phone call access from your mobile phone
or desktop computer to the government officials you need to reach In
addition, you can automatically add any new valuable contact
information
you come across or receive in an email to your address book with one
click and share with other citizens if you choose to do so. You can
also
take advantage of Glide America's advanced social and business
networking features to facilitate introductions to interesting people,
and engage in information exchanges and discussions.
-- Advanced Communication & Collaboration Tools - include integrated
email, group organization and online meeting applications to
individually and collectively communicate with fellow citizens and
Government Officials. You can create or join a group discussion on an
issue of personal interest and add any documents, images, videos,
audio
files, bookmarks, contacts or calendar events to the group discussion.
You can assign granular rights to any of the files you choose to
contribute. In addition, citizens are provided with their own tools to
track whether their messages are being read and how long it takes for
officials to respond.
-- You can quickly and easily send large group emails as individual
personalized emails bypassing spam filters that are programmed to
flag emails that contain many recipients.
-- You can easily manage multiple email lists and group discussions.
-- You can opt in to receive automated email notifications for
upcoming
legislation.
-- Issue Management Group Discussions are automatically created for
upcoming legislation for you to participate in.
-- Information Portal - contains the latest news on legislation, politics
and business. The Portal provides many links to valuable information
sites including official government, candidate, election, news and
other
sites. From the Glide portal you can bookmark, copy or move articles
with one click to group discussions and conferences or share in an
email. You can also automatically add any news article or website you
receive in an email to your personal bookmarks with one click and
share
with other citizens.
-- Dynamic Desktop/Apps/Hard Drive - You have 10 free GBs of storage in
your Glide America account and a free and compatible word processor,
presentation application, spread sheet and much much more to do your
work. In addition, Glide America dynamically displays right on your
desktop automatically updated information on the presidential campaign
and pending legislation with links to learn more, voice your opinion
(rating/voting and comments) and join group discussions.
-- File Synchronization - You can sync your home computer and your work
computer for secure access to any file from your mobile phone or
desktop
in a group discussion, online meeting or email exchange. You can
organize and collaborate with others online and offline.
-- Powerful Rights Management - Glide America provides you with the tools
to protect your privacy including your files and identity. Glide
America
features advanced information rights management and sharing tools to
organize and securely collaborate on issues of interest with fellow
citizens.

Glide America promotes active citizenship and responsive government by opening
up a new communication corridor between the American people and their elected
officials. "Glide America is change initiated by the American people through
their cell phones and desktops and we are thrilled to provide this innovative
service to our fellow citizens," said Mr. Leka.

Press Contact:
Marcus Farny
212-675-6664 ext. 105
press@transmx.com

TransMedia http://www.transmediacorp.com

Glide OS http://www.GlideOS.com
Glide Mobile http://www.GlideMobile.com

SOURCE TransMedia

Press, Marcus Farny, +1-212-675-6664 ext. 105, press@transmx.com