President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, with granddaughter Naomi Biden, attend the U.S. Men’s Olympic basketball team’s game against Brazil at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) In the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics, the USA men’s basketball team last night […]
Ed. note: This is cross-posted from Treasury Notes Two years ago this week, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — the most significant set of financial reforms since the Great Depression. The landmark law is designed to help protect Americans from the excessive risk, fragmented oversight, and poor consumer […]
There’s a lot of room for debate about taxes and we welcome that debate, which is why the President continues to push Congress to act on extending tax cuts for 114 million middle-class families. But we will continue to demand that this debate is based on facts and analysis from non-partisan, independent sources—not based on […]
The White House Photo Office just released their latest batch of behind-the-scenes photos, featuring images of President Obama’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, visits with students at the White House and on the road, as well as some new shots of First Dog Bo. Check out a few of […]
President Barack Obama welcomes Coach Kim Mulkey and the 2012 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion Baylor Bears to the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2012, to congratulate them on their historic 40-0 season and their NCAA Championship victory. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) President Obama welcomed the Baylor Lady Bears to the […]
This morning, the Obama Administration announced the President’s plan to create a national Science, Math, Technology, and Engineering (STEM) Master Teacher Corps. The STEM Master Teacher Corps will begin in 50 locations across the country, each with 50 exceptional STEM educators. Over the next four years the Corps will expand to include 10,000 of the best […]
Today, the Obama Administration announced a plan to create a national STEM Master Teacher Corps, which will recognize and reward 10,000 exceptional science, math, technology and engineering teachers in our nation’s classrooms. Educators who join the STEM Master Teachers Corps will make a commitment to champion the cause of STEM education in their respective communities, and will receive […]
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services released guidance regarding waivers for the TANF program. These waivers will strengthen welfare reform by accelerating job placement and moving more Americans from welfare to work. Under this policy, no waivers that undercut work requirements in welfare reform will be approved. This policy will allow States to […]
Local elected officials from across the country joined First Lady Michelle Obama to announce public and private sector commitments to get our kids healthier as part of her Let’s Move! initiative to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation, in Philadelphia, Pa. June 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Ed. […]
Ed. Note: This piece is cross-posted from Commerce.gov Yesterday, I spoke with around 100 women from across the U.S. financial services industry at the White House. The forum included business executives as well as stewards of institutional funds. I’m an economist by training and I’ve studied the role that women play in the workforce. When it comes to decision-making, […]
