New technology used for streamlining data

The administration began a Web program Tuesday that eliminates red tape in the immigration process by allowing applicants to follow their status via text message and e-mail. Administration officials said they also are developing a central method for Americans to receive government emergency information, consumer product recalls and other alerts electronically. These are some of the latest example of how President Obama and his advisers are bringing the technological innovations of his 2008 campaign to the federal bureaucracy.

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