This morning, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Department’s 2013 budget request. In his remarks, he highlighted DoD’s investments in energy security for our troops and also noted DoD’s objection to efforts that limit our options. Specifically, he said: “As part of our efforts to confront fuel costs and […]
The White House Photo Office just released their latest batch of behind-the-scenes photos, following President Obama to Afghanistan, the NATO meeting in Chicago, the G-8 Meeting at Camp David, and around the White House. Check out a few of the images below, then head over to Flickr to see all 84 images in the gallery. Click here […]
Summer Jobs+ is a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for young people in the summer of 2012. It's about helping people find their first jobs. Actress Betty White's first job isn't much of a surprise. The nonagenarian landed a guest shot on a talk show back in television's […]
This week, the Federal Reserve released its Survey of Consumer Finances showing the depth of the recession’s impact on family finances. The numbers are a tough and brutal snapshot of the financial crisis and housing bubble that President Obama inherited. Based on other, more frequent data, the entire decline in household wealth took place before President […]
Summer Jobs+ is a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for young people in the summer of 2012. It's about helping people find their first jobs. In the video below, actor Richard Kind talks about his first summer job, working to set up the jewelery and china departments at a new store. […]
Prizes have a long history of driving important breakthroughs: Napoleon's 1800 Food Preservation Prize resulted in the invention of canning; the 1927 Orteig Prize helped inspire Charles Lindbergh to make the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris. More recently, the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge spurred an Illinois company to create a […]
Nearly 22 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law and 39 years after the passage of the Rehabilitation Act, employment outcomes for people with disabilities still lag far behind their non-disabled peers. According to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (April 2012), individuals with disabilities have an unemployment rate of 12.5%, compared […]
President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, on the first day of a three-day bus tour in the Midwest, Aug. 15, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today, President Obama talked to local TV reporters from communities around the country with significant rural populations. […]
Last November, more than 30 organizations, including businesses, government agencies, think tanks and veteran advocates, joined forces in New York City for a “best practices” summit on veteran employment. Keynote speakers included Richard D. Parsons, now former chairman of the board of Citigroup, and Mrs. Patricia Shinseki – two of the Joining Forces three-member advisory […]
Summer Jobs+ is a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for young people in the summer of 2012. It's about helping people find their first jobs. As the Cabinet Secretary in the White House, Chris Lu is President Obama’s primary liaison to the Cabinet departments and agencies, […]
