Ed. Note: The deadline to submit Spring 2012 White House Internship Program applications is September 11, 2011. Learn more and apply today. In my White House Internship application, I wrote about my vision of a federal government committed to reaching out to communities that may have never felt their voices mattered. Yet even as I wrote it, […]
Ed note: The Transportation Security Administration's Historian Project believes it's important for an agency to know how far they’ve come and who has helped pave the way. They use an online tool called StoryLine to capture personal stories and recently, they asked employees to share their personal remembrances of 9/11 and how that day inspired their decision to work for TSA. It was […]
Ed. Note: Cross-posted from Fast Lane, the blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. In his weekly address on Saturday, President Obama called on Congress to do what it has done seven times over the past two years: pass a clean extension of the transportation bill. Allowing funding for America's roads and bridges to expire […]
Now that our nation’s children are back in school, I will be travelling through six states with this important message: our nation’s long-term economic security is inextricably linked to education. We have to educate our way to a better economy. The jobs of today and tomorrow will require knowledge workers with some postsecondary training, whether […]
President Barack Obama addresses the Labor Day celebration in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 5, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton) Today, President Obama traveled to Detroit, Michigan where he spoke at a Labor Day picnic with workers at a GM plant. During his remarks, the President spoke of the important role the labor unions have […]
We’re excited to announce our next White House Tweetup: a Tweetup Briefing! The day after President Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress, some lucky tweeple will have the chance to come to the White House and ask Press Secretary Jay Carney their questions, as well as questions from their followers. This briefing marks […]
President Barack Obama walks with local and federal officials in a neighborhood hit with flooding from Hurricane Irene in Wayne, N.J., Sept. 4, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today President Obama travelled to Wayne and Paterson, New Jersey to tour areas damaged by Hurricane Irene. While visiting the Temple Street Bridge in […]
President Barack Obama walks with local and federal officials in a neighborhood hit with flooding from Hurricane Irene in Wayne, N.J., Sept. 4, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today President Obama travelled to Wayne and Paterson, New Jersey to tour areas damaged by Hurricane Irene. While visiting the Temple Street Bridge in […]
Over the last two and a half years, the Obama Administration has taken unprecedented steps forward to protect the public health of American families by reducing harmful air pollution. Taken together, the Administration’s clean air achievements will produce enormous benefits for public health and the environment – while promoting the nation’s continued economic growth and […]
Our colleagues at the Department of the Interior were so inspired by the videos they’ve seen in support of the It Gets Better campaign, that they produced our own. The video features Secretary Salazar and includes employees from across the Department, including the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and others, sharing their experiences […]
