Welcome to West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, walk step by step with the President as he announces that Elizabeth Warren will lead the effort to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau off the ground, participates in a live CNBC town hall, awards Chief Master Sergeant […]
Last night, more than a hundred advocates and college students from around the country gathered at the home of Vice President Biden to mark the 16th anniversary of the Violence Against Act (VAWA). The Vice President spoke passionately about his ongoing commitment to ending violence against women and girls and the next steps we must […]
Today, the President and First Lady will join President Bill Clinton to address the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Introduced by the President, Mrs. Obama will discuss an issue near to her heart as First Lady and that is supporting America’s veterans and military families. Watch the event live at 4:00 […]
Tonight, we learned more details about the Congressional Republican agenda – their “Pledge to America.” With this plan, they have made clear that they want to take America back to the same failed economic policies that caused this recession. Instead of charting a new course, Congressional Republicans doubled down on the same ideas that hurt America’s middle class. […]
Regional Innovation Clusters are an important element of the President’s innovation agenda and a good example of how federal agencies can collaborate to maximize the impact of existing federal investments in key areas like energy and agriculture. Regional Innovation Clusters are geographic concentrations of firms and industries that do business with each other and have […]
The Federal Communications Commission just announced the start of a major overhaul of FCC.gov, aiming to seize a "special opportunity to become an expert technology agency in the federal government." The redesign focuses on making the FCC's web content more relevant and discoverable to the public, as Managing Director Steven VanRoekel writes: We have been […]
This morning we launched a new section of WhiteHouse.gov dedicated to health reform, a key feature of which is the interactive map with 50 stories from 50 states, giving a snapshot of the kinds of working people all across American who are just starting to get benefits from the President health care reform. A lot […]
September 29th at 2 PM EDT, the White House is hosting a special live chat with Karen Mills, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She'll answer small business owners' questions about The Small Business Jobs Act and opportunities for small businesses as part of the Recovery Act and the Affordable Care Act. Submit your […]
Earlier today, President Obama sent an email to the White House email list about the Patient's Bill of Rights – which goes into effect tomorrow – and the brand new WhiteHouse.gov/HealthReform. If you didn't get today's email, be sure to sign up for the White House email list now. read more Fonte: White House
Today, President Obama is celebrating the six month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. To help celebrate, we are unveiling a new website – www.WhiteHouse.gov/HealthReform that provides critical information regarding the Affordable Care Act. The site includes 50 stories from individuals and employers in every state and new state-by-state reports that detail how reform is […]
