Representatives of African Union, Arab League Urge No-fly Zone, Anti-piracy Actions; Stress Importance of Djibouti Process The crisis in Somalia was no longer local or even regional, but a global one that could no longer be ignored, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General?s top representative in that country, said today in a briefing to the Security […]
Representatives of African Union, Arab League Urge No-fly Zone, Anti-piracy Actions; Stress Importance of Djibouti Process The crisis in Somalia was no longer local or even regional, but a global one that could no longer be ignored, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General?s top representative in that country, said today in a briefing to the Security […]
Ed. Note: We’re happy to host Norm Eisen and Aneesh Chopra in a live video chat at 11:30 AM EST, watch at WhiteHouse.gov/live or join the discussion through Facebook. Americans chose Barack Obama to be President of the United States to change the way Washington works. To do just that, on his first full day in office, […]
Note: The opening session of the forum will begin at 1:45, the breakouts at 2:20, and the closing session at 4:00. Today we’re convening the White House Forum on Modernizing Government to bring private sector and federal government leaders together in a discussion about new ways to use technology to streamline government operations, improve customer […]
Click here to see the video. Discussing Wall Street executives’ reaction to his proposed new fees on major banks, the President delivered a simple message: “Instead of sending a phalanx of lobbyists to fight this proposal, or employing an army of lawyers and accountants to help evade the fee, I suggest you might want to […]
Ed. Note: You may have missed yesterday’s CEA report on the Recovery Act finding that it has saved or created 1.5-2 million jobs; Heather Zichal takes a look at the green jobs component of the data. A report delivered by the Council of Economic Advisers today found that the clean energy investments of the American […]
Ed. Note: We regret that Secretary had to cancel her chat yesterday due to an extended health reform meeting, but thank her for agreeing to draft a post summing up the year in health care from an HHS perspective: Last January, President Obama set a clear course for his administration when he said “we must pick […]
Cross-posted from the OMB Blog. In May, we released our Terminations, Reductions, and Savings volume. It put forward more than 120 cuts and reductions, totaling $17 billion, to programs that were duplicative, ineffective, or outdated. At the time, cynics said that we’d never be able to eliminate these programs – some of which had been around for decades. […]
This morning the President gave another update on relief efforts in Haiti, promising the people of Haiti that “you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten.” Again, while the US Government is doing all it can, you can also help immediately by donating to the international fund of the Red Cross to assist the relief […]
We hear a lot about Nobel Prize-winning scientists, and there are kudos galore for those august winners of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, such as those honored by President Obama in October. But where do these great innovators come from? How did they get to their vaunted […]
