Ed. Note: You can watch video of each Cabinet member describing what his or her department or agency has accomplished this year and what to expect in the year ahead at our The President’s Cabinet Reporting to You page. Click here to see the video. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) stands for safety, particularly […]
For six months now, I have held the first-ever White House position dedicated to combating violence and sexual assault against women and continuing the important work of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Every morning when I’ve walked into the White House, I’ve brought with me the stories of the many survivors I have worked […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Major General Natalio C. Ecarma of the Philippines as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Major General Ecarma will succeed Major General Wolfgang Jilke of Austria. The Secretary-General is grateful to Major General Jilke for his outstanding service and leadership […]
Describing the humanitarian situation in Haiti as the “main absolute priority”, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country said today that the United Nations was working hard to address it through a complex water and food distribution effort aimed at feeding 2 million people before the end of February. Edmond Mulet, Acting Special Representative […]
Click here to see the video. This afternoon the President sat down to answer some of the questions on the minds of Americans across the country. The questions were submitted and voted on in a process open to the public, conducted through YouTube. It’s no surprise that the questions didn’t match up up perfectly with what […]
Click here to see the video. Earlier today, President Obama discussed the 2011 budget, reflecting on the challenges for the country and the steps the administration is taking to meet them. While acknowledging that the inherited $1.3 trillion deficit from the previous administration can’t be brought down overnight, he relayed his continuing efforts to rein […]
Last week the Middle Class Task Force previewed a series of initiatives in the President’s FY 11 budget aimed at costs — like child care costs, care-giving, paying for college and retirement – that are squeezing middle class family budgets. These are costs that — along with health care — have risen dramatically for families […]
Cross-posted from the OMB Blog, read more details on the OMB Budget page. Today, the President transmitted the FY 2011 Budget to the Congress. In about an hour, he will deliver remarks about the Budget, and after that I will be taking questions from the press with CEA Chair Romer. This post gives readers of OMBlog a […]
We noted with interest reports that subsidiaries of foreign corporations from across the globe have launched a lobbying campaign in Washington to protect their newfound power to influence American elections under the Citizens United case. About 160 of these U.S. subsidiaries of foreign-owned or controlled corporations are involved in a lobbying group trying to stop […]
After more than 11,000 questions and 630,000 votes, the folks from CitizenTube who will interview President Obama tomorrow have reminded everyone that the deadline for submitting questions is tonight at 8pm EST: On Monday afternoon, as a follow-up to his State of the Union address, President Obama will give a live interview to YouTube from […]
