Ed. Note: Get a firsthand account of Aneesh’s experience at CES as he walked the floor with the Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang; his conversation on innovation with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo and our efforts to promote open government with Fox Business’ Shibani Joshi. Yesterday, I joined over 100,000 tech enthusiasts to celebrate the next wave of […]
Ed. Note: The sign-up period for community job forums has come to a close, look for the final report synthesizing the feedback we got in the coming weeks. In 1993, Kevin Kline starred in a movie titled "Dave," the story of a temporary employment agency owner and presidential doppelganger who finds himself substituting as the President. […]
Over the Holidays we talked about the road to health reform beginning back in the Transition period a year ago with the Health Care Community Discussions. Another stretch of that road has been on HealthReform.gov, which has served as a one-stop shop for just about everything anybody would want to know about reform. Now, as we enter the […]
Today’s employment report, though a setback from November, is consistent with the gradual labor market stabilization we have been seeing over the last several months. Payroll employment declined 85,000 in December. To put this number in perspective, employment declined 139,000 in September and 127,000 in October. So, in a broad sense the trend toward […]
I was in Brownstown Township, Michigan today to watch as the first battery for the Chevy Volt rolled off the line. It was another huge step toward building a new advanced battery industry in America. The auto industry has always been the backbone of American manufacturing, and we continue to need a strong auto industry […]
Today the President is awarding $2.3 billion in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits – another key component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that included historic investments designed to foster job creation and growth in the clean energy sector. The investment tax credits, worth up to thirty percent of each planned project, will leverage private […]
On Wednesday, the President honored math and science educators at the White House and announced several new partnerships and programs in a continuation of the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, an initiative designed to energize and excite America’s students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In November, Steven Harris and Brian Hortellano were invited to […]
As CEA Chair Christina Romer explained this morning, while the latest jobs numbers are setback from the November numbers, the vast improvement over a year ago remains an encouraging sign that we are headed back towards the right track. But as focused as the Obama Administration has been on turning around the job situation in the short term, […]
Today the President spoke on an issue that has been one of his top priorities, albeit one that might get less attention from cable news and those looking for controversy. For the President, educating our kids is something for which every element of our country and society has a responsibility, as he made clear in honoring […]
In the new video below, Labor Secretary Solis announces $100 million in green jobs training grants. These grants are part of a larger Recovery Act initiative — totaling $500 million — to prepare workers for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. It’s well understood how much of a win-win these investments are, […]
