President Obama made a surprise drop-by at a roundtable conversation with young Americans at Penn State University during his visit last week. The roundtable was one of four held by the White House Office of Public Engagement surrounding the President’s visit to Central Pennsylvania. The roundtables provided an opportunity for a diverse group of young […]
Ed. note: This post is part of the Celebrating Black History Month series that highlights the contributions of African Americans who are contributing to the President's vision of winning the future though their work. It's a long way from the segregated south to low Earth orbit. But I am fortunate to have made the journey […]
The President discusses the labs at Penn State as an example of how American innovation, particularly in infrastructure and energy, can create jobs and win the future for America. Click here to see the video. Fonte: White House
Quote: "To support American innovation, what my administration is trying to do is not just hand out money. What we’re doing is we’re issuing a challenge. Because right now, some of the most promising innovation is happening in the area of clean energy technology — technology that is creating jobs, reducing our dependence on foreign […]
Today, the White House released “A Strategy for American Innovation: Securing Our Economic Growth and Prosperity.” The Strategy is a commonsense, sustained approach to helping America win the future by out-innovating our global competitors. You can read the whole document over on WhiteHouse.gov/Innovation and submit your comments and questions on the Strategy via Slideshare. Here […]
This afternoon President Obama and Prime Minister Harper of Canada met to "reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation," as the President put it. In a joint press conference afterwards, the President took a question on the future of Egypt: read more Fonte: White House
As valuable as the internet can be in helping to spread information, most people know that you can’t believe everything you read, and they should check the source before relaying every alarming story they read. One such story is going around the internet over the past two days claiming that the Obama Administration is somehow […]
Today I joined my colleagues Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, and Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in publishing an op/ed describing President Obama’s Strategy for American Innovation – a framework to secure our economic growth and prosperity. It is built on three key pillars – that our Nation is […]
Last week, in the State of the Union, the President offered a plan for America to win the future. He challenged us to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build our global competitors. The White House Council for Community Solutions will take on this challenge by encouraging the growth and maximizing the impact of innovative community-developed solutions related […]
Today’s employment report shows that the unemployment rate fell sharply to 9.0 percent and private sector payrolls increased by 50,000 in January. Revisions to private sector payroll data show that 1.1 million jobs were added during 2010, the strongest private sector job growth since 2006. The 0.8 percentage point decline in the unemployment rate over […]
