Ed. Note: More from Daily Finance, "Obama Plans to Create Millions of Jobs by Doubling Exports" Today, I am at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to announce the details of President Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI), which is a key part of his strategy to get America’s economy growing strongly again. The NEI is an extremely […]
We recently released a fun behind-the-scenes video on the White House Presidential Advance team as it prepared for President Obama’s trip to Lorain County in Ohio on January 22nd. I’m sure the cliff-hanger ending kept you antsy for more. Well, here at last is the follow-up. See how the President’s day unfolds from the point […]
Reiterating once again his commitment to small business as the engine of our economy, the President urges Congress to move forward immediately on steps to help them expand and create jobs. These proposals include using $30 billion in TARP funds to create a new Small Business Lending Fund to provide capital to community banks to […]
Today the President got to meet the Park View Little League Team, 2009 Champions. President Barack Obama shakes hands with members of the Park View Little League baseball team of Chula Vista, California in the East Room of the White House, to congratulate them on winning the 2009 Little League World Series Fonte: White House
In accordance with the Open Government Directive, two working groups have been established to help develop specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration set forth in the President’s Memorandum of January 21, 2009. First, Federal Agencies have designated a high-level senior official to be accountable for the quality of Federal spending […]
As the President has recently noted, the Administration has had an extraordinary first year for transparency and open government. We still have work to do, but we have already had some significant accomplishments. That was the conclusion of the respected independent groups that gave us an A for transparency in a recent report card — […]
Yesterday, just hours after the Senate voted 96-0 to confirm Martha Johnson as the Administrator of the GSA after a pointless 9-month delay, we learned that Sen. Richard Shelby from Alabama has placed a blanket hold on all nominees, including national security nominees, to use as leverage for some projects in his state. He’s holding […]
While unemployment remains a severe problem, today’s employment report contains encouraging signs of gradual labor market healing. The unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point and employment rose in a number of industries, though overall employment fell slightly. The unemployment rate declined from 10.0 percent to 9.7 percent. This decline occurred despite a modest […]
Strong action against diabetes, cancers, heart disease and chronic lung ailments must be integrated into the global development agenda, panellists at a Headquarters press conference on non-communicable diseases said this afternoon. ?Non-communicable diseases are a development issue as much as a health issue,? said Donatus St. Aimee, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia, said after a […]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to co-convene a meeting with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and leaders from across the Federal community who are helping to make sustainability a reality for the Federal government. Following up from President Obama’s announcement on Friday when he set a government-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 28 […]
