President-elect Obama put a site called Change.gov. It is the next step in his vision for America that emphasizes a grass-roots solution for change.

What a great idea. The site features a blog, news and a break down of this Transition team. Looks like transparency will be high on an Obama administrations list of kept promises. I’m pretty optimistic about the direction.

One of the most telling things on the site is that it features a bunch of volunteer programs such as AmeriCorps & Peace Corps. But also has so new programs: Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps.

Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free.

These are pretty good ideas.