 In December 2017, the Trump administration launched a redesigned website which it claims will save taxpayers "as much $3 million annually".On September 1, 2011, David Plouffe announced in an email that the White House is releasing "We the People" to allow public petitions on whitehouse.gov.The launch of the petitioning platform was announced by Katelyn Sabochik September 22, 2011 in a White House blog post.