Fireside21

Congressman Bill Owens offers New York’s 23rd a great example of clean, easy-to-navigate web design:

The Fireside21 team has been working remote for 5 days now! It has been an interesting week, but I thought I would remind everyone that you can access all your Fireside accounts remotely too.

As we mentioned in our recent security post, you need to be on the House network to access your account, but you don’t physically need to be on the Hill to connect.

The House provides a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service that when combined with an HIR-provided SecurID allows you to securely connect to the House network from anywhere. If you don’t already have a SecurID, you will need to fill out a form on this HouseNet page.

By the way, this iPhone screenshot is real. There is a built-in VPN on all iPhones…and here’s a trick to take screenshots: press the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time and you’ll find a screenshot in your photo library.

Congressman Hal Rogers recently unveiled his sleek new website: