The Obama transition team website located at change.gov has adjusted its copyright license to a Creative Commons attribution licence. The Canadian government still maintains crown copyright over similar documents.
Obama Transition Team Uses Creative Commons Licence
December 2, 2008
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Even better, the US Copyright Act excludes the works of federal government officers and employees from copyriht protection.