Moderator’s Big Day: President Obama, FCC Chairman Genachowski and Prime Minister Harper

Google Moderator is empowering citizens across the world to directly connect with their government officials. Today, Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News used Moderator to solicit questions for Baier's exclusive interview with President Obama. In just one day of voting, nearly 5,000 people cast over 100,000 votes on over 4,000 questions. Check out the questions viewers submitted and the video of the interview below:

Just a few hours earlier, YouTube's Steve Grove took your questions on the new National Broadband Plan to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski. Chairman Genachowski took 17 questions in the interview, exclusively from user submissions on Moderator. Check out the video below and see all the questions on CitizenTube.

Rounding out the day, Google's Patrick Pichette headed north to interview Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, again using questions submitted through Moderator.

We're excited to see governments and news organizations alike embracing technology to connect with more people than ever before.

Posted by Eric Hysen, Public Sector Team