Internships. Word.

Deval's hours old administration has stepped up and already thrown the switch quick putting the updated website live. It has only been a matter of hours since the Patrick administration has officially been the "Patrick administration" and the mass.gov website is dripping with the new governor and lieutenant governor's names. The top news story on mass.gov is an announcement of the inauguration providing a link to the new page devoted to Patrick/Murray, no longer Romney/Healey. Changing over the names emblazoned on fixtures is one of the things we're always curious about. If Menino is ever voted out of office how long will it take to remove his name from all of those signs and websites it adorns – he's even got a placard on the Zamboni that smoothes the ice on the Frog Pond. One thing that can be done quickly these days is changing the name on a website. Patrick's team has done just that.

Not only is his name and bio up on the website but it seems that there is an overall change in the tone of the governor's presence on the web. Civic Engagement tops the executive site. It matches the tone that Deval set in the campaign…the whole "together we can" rhetoric has been transformed to be part of his web presence. Key resources listed provide quick links to Health Insurance Connector, Business Connect, Consumer Hotline, and the Terrorism Tipline. Some things die hard. Involvement with business and the nod to homeland security aren't likely to leave politics anytime soon. What is particularly fetching and cute is the hip listing for internships under "Our Team." First Lady Diane Patrick, the Cabinet, Senior Staff, and finally Internships make the list. The link to internships, unlike the others has "word" following it. While the left brain tells us that the little icon refers to the format of the document you'll find if you click it, the right brain tells us that Deval's administration is so hip they're involving the youth in new and innovative ways. Internships. Word. Ya Heard?