Adrian Fenty Politics Technology

No More Mayoral Mug Shot on D.C. Web Sites!

Posted by Mike DeBonis on Nov. 7, 2007, at 12:30 pm

For years, you knew you were surfing a D.C. government Web site when you saw, in the corner of the screen, the floating head of Anthony A. Williams smiling at you. When Adrian M. Fenty became mayor early this year, his floating head was substituted.

Today, the vanity-shot era of D.C. Web design is over.

No longer will the smiling mug of a chief executive greet you. Log on to any dc.gov site and you'll see the sleek, minimalist new look for the District government on the Web. The thick bar once atop the page has been replaced by a thin navigation bar offering links to various portals all sorts of useful government services.

Don't worry too much about Fenty losing a big-time branding platform. One of the new tabs: "MAYOR FENTY"

Comments

IMGoph November 7th, 2007
12:39 pm

#1

i've always thought that the vanity of having one's name on the city signs, maps, etc., was such a waste of time, since they all have to be changed every few years (unless you're chicago). save money and save us your ego trips...
SarahG November 7th, 2007
12:46 pm

#2

I'm so bummed out by this--I loved those pics. Now I'm gonna have to go here to get my government-official-floating-head fix: http://www.ca.gov/
Jimmy November 7th, 2007
12:56 pm

#3

Some people are so vain that their name is on Metro Bus stop signs in areas of Shaw. What a good service to the residents !!
Mike Licht November 7th, 2007
1:30 pm

#4

As I recall, Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly made the District pay for changes in her personal life by adding and subtracting surnames on official signs, publications and stationary.
IMGoph November 7th, 2007
5:15 pm

#5

hey jimmy, those people volunteered to clean up the space around those bus stops. that's not vanity, that's altruism.

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