Keeping track of huge piles of paperwork is not an easy task for anyone. Imagine doing that for our entire health care system. In effect, that is what is going on with our current paper and pencil system of medical record keeping — until now. At the Department of Health and Human Services, part […]
On Tuesday the President discussed the upcoming bipartisan meeting on health reform, saying “Let’s get the relevant parties together; let’s put the best ideas on the table. My hope is that we can find enough overlap that we can say this is the right way to move forward, even if I don’t get every single […]
Today’s Washington Post has an interesting article on moms entering the workforce – or staying in the workforce – during the last two years. It notes the trends during the recent recession that many experts have been writing about: women are either re-entering the workforce, moving from part to full time jobs or becoming their […]
Yesterday the White House released the annual Economic Report of the President – a detailed analysis of actions taken by the Administration to address our Nation’s economic challenges over the past year and the President’s plans to rebuild and rebalance our economy for the future. As part of White House’s commitment to make government more accessible, […]
President Obama’s statement following action by the Senate to confirm twenty-seven nominees: Today, the United States Senate confirmed 27 of my high-level nominees, many of whom had been awaiting a vote for months. At the beginning of the week, a staggering 63 nominees had been stalled in the Senate because one or more senators placed a hold […]
The President meets with the 2009 and 2010 March of Dimes Ambassadors in the Oval Office: President Barack Obama greets March Of Dimes ambassador families in the Oval Office Fonte: White House
The Middle Class Task Force recently announced a number of initiatives that are designed to strengthen the retirement system and help provide a more secure retirement to millions of American workers. These initiatives are part of President Obama’s FY 2011 budget, and this Administration will be working hard with Congress to get these proposals passed […]
As part of the Open Government Directive, 25 different agencies have launched open government webpages and are using those sites to take your ideas for how they can be more open and transparent. Launched on Feb 6th, these webpages are only one of the important milestones laid out in the Directive and the next deliverable, […]
For your inner film student, some raw footage of the White House during yesterday’s blizzard: var params = { allowscriptaccess: “always”, allowfullscreen: “true” }; swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/uPfTvh8FdF4&hl=en&fs=1&showinfo=0”, “flashcontent”, “480”, “295”, “8”, null, {}, params); Viewing this video requires Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher. Download the free player. Fonte: White House
Today, we are releasing the Economic Report of the President for 2010. For more than sixty years, the Economic Report has provided a nearly contemporaneous record of how Administrations have interpreted economic developments, the motivation for policy actions, and the results of those interventions. This year’s volume has attempted to stay true to this proud […]
