Cross-posted from DOT’s “Fast Lane” blog. I appreciate the choice Webster’s New World College Dictionary has made in selecting “distracted driving” as their Word of the Year 2009. I think its rapid intrusion into our national vocabulary shows what an epidemic distracted driving has become. There’s no denying that this phrase became part of my vocabulary this past […]
As a community college instructor, I feel right at home in the classroom – and so I was thrilled to spend time this morning with local students at DC’s Banneker Senior High School to talk with them about their goals of pursuing a college education. It was a great morning – I joined Secretary of […]
As a community college instructor, I feel right at home in the classroom – and so I was thrilled to spend time this morning with local students at DC’s Banneker Senior High School to talk with them about their goals of pursuing a college education. It was a great morning – I joined Secretary of […]
[Ed. Note: Learn more about the Educate to Innovate campaign.] It has been a pleasure to work with so many students and their families over the past year as a mentor, helping them awaken to their natural but perhaps undernourished interest in science, technology, math and engineering (STEM). Witnessing students take positions of leadership as […]
With Congress now needing only to combine ideas from the House and Senate versions of health insurance reform into one final bill to send the President, there is an unavoidable temptation among the media to focus on the five percent of differences between the two versions, instead of the remarkable 95 percent the bills have […]
Yesterday, I started my new year in Rockefeller Center on the Today Show to kick off our huge push to get people to take part in the 2010 Census. One of my resolutions is to help make this the best, most accurate Census count ever. The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau spends 10 years planning how […]
In support of the President’s Open Government Initiative — and in keeping with a 40-year history of bringing government information to the public — GSA’s Office of Citizen Services is hosting the dialog, Your Voice Matters. Your Voice Matters invites the public to post ideas for improving USA.gov, the U.S. government’s official web portal. USA.gov has […]
Today we got a striking reminder of what defenders of the status quo are defending, and the future that lies ahead if opponents of reform get their way. And this isn’t fear-mongering based on some deceptive distortion as we so often hear from those opponents, it’s cold hard facts. Today, the actuaries at the Center […]
Last week we shared some examples of how mayors across the country have stood up and given voice to their towns and areas by holding community jobs forums. But of course this is not just about mayors and other public officials, so we also wanted to share a story that really demonstrates exactly what this […]
President Obama has made job creation a top priority in the nation’s continuing economic recovery, hosting a jobs forum at the White House and calling for similar meetings across the country to make sure every good idea is explored. The Recovery Act continues to be instrumental in providing funds to states and municipalities to keep […]
