Editor’s note: For more information on the United States’ work at the United Nations, visit www.usun.state.gov and follow Ambassador Rice on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Thursday’s Twitter Town Hall on Twitter or Ustream at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. Ambassador Susan Rice delivers the Commencement Address at her alma mater, Stanford University in Palo Alto, June 13, 2010 (Stanford […]
Today, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In her testimony the Administrator highlighted the agency's ongoing efforts to develop sensible standards that update the Clean Air Act, while ensuring that the landmark law continues to provide Americans the protections from dangerous pollution that they deserve. These reasonable steps will […]
Cross-posted from Treasury Notes, the Department of the Treasury blog. As the President made clear in his State of the Union address, we must ensure that the U.S. has the fastest, most reliable ways to move people, goods, and information to maintain our competitive edge. Yesterday, Vice President Biden and Secretary LaHood visited a rail yard […]
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series where readers can meet average Americans already benefiting from the health reform law, the Affordable Care Act. Nan Warshaw owns a record company in Chicago, Illinois, and makes the health insurance decisions for her seven person staff. Her company covers the full cost of insurance for […]
Imagine the last time you took a trip between two American cities. Maybe you had to wait in line at a crowded airport; maybe you spent hours in traffic in a car or a bus. Or maybe you made the trip on a train that had to slow down over and over because it was […]
I am pleased to tell you that today President Obama issued an Executive Order called "The Establishment of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Advisory Committees," establishing two intellectual property enforcement advisory committees designed to improve the Federal Government’s intellectual property enforcement efforts. The President's issuance of the Executive Order further confirms his Administration's commitment to creating jobs […]
Editor's Note: This post is part of the Celebrating Black History Month series, highlighting the contributions of African Americans whose work is helping advance the President's goal of winning the future. My parents had the greatest influence on who I am today. My father was a Tuskegee Airman and earned a PhD in Physics, and […]
To strengthen our economy and win the future, President Obama is calling for investments in innovation and technology leadership. Today’s announcement from the Department of Energy is a perfect example of how these investments in innovation can create jobs and make America more competitive. The Department’s Jaguar Supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is one […]
If you are pregnant or a new mom and haven’t heard of text4baby, it’s time you got to know a happy and healthy public-private partnership that is celebrating its first birthday this month. Launched on February 4, 2010, by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, text4baby is a free text messaging service that delivers timely […]
This morning Vice President Biden was in Philadelphia to unveil a key proposal in the President "Build" plank of his plan to win the future for America, along with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who previewed the announcement on his blog The proposal will place high-speed rail on equal footing with other surface transportation programs and revitalize America’s […]
