As President Obama called world leaders back to the table in Copenhagen to work on an agreement, the White House Offices of Energy and Climate Change and Public Engagement helped facilitate a meeting between White House aides and young environmental leaders from the United States and Kenya. The American coalition hand-delivered hundreds of letters-to-the-President from […]
Congress has been working hard for months to shape health insurance reform legislation that will bring down costs, expand coverage, increase accountability for insurers, and attack our mounting deficit. We got good news today on all those fronts, as fresh statements of support from the Small Business Majority, the American Cancer Society, and the American Diabetes Association […]
Before we get into the national round-up, we wanted to highlight one particularly action-packed story out of Minnesota. The headline from the Star-Tribune is ‘Energy squads’ find and stop waste”: As the biggest storm of the season so far descends on the Twin Cities, some lucky homeowners are getting expert help battening down the hatches and […]
Holiday season at the White House began with a very simple idea: to include as many people, in as many places, in as many ways as possible. In this spirit, we posted a video tour of this year’s decorations and the making of the gingerbread White House; now see the holidays through the lens of […]
Each year, the White House Pastry Team comes together with other members of the White House staff to work on a favorite holiday tradition: The White House Gingerbread House. Because this project requires so much space, the gingerbread house is usually assembled in the China Room of the Residence instead of the pastry shop. Everyone […]
Today the White House announced the President’s new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, Howard Schmidt. President Barack Obama greets his new White House Cyber Security Chief Howard A. Schmidt in the Cross Hall of the White House. With some forty years of experience in government, business and law enforcement, Howard brings a unique and deep experience […]
As part of her ongoing commitment to community service, First Lady Michelle Obama spearheaded an effort among White House staff this holiday season to support Toy for Tots, a program that donates toys to children for Christmas. Just last week, she visited the Quantico Toys for Tots warehouse in Stafford, VA to drop off some […]
A White House nurse prepares to administer the H1N1 vaccine to President Barack Obama at the White House [View Full Size] In an interview today with American Urban Radio Networks in the Oval Office, the President made clear that the time for adults to get their H1N1 shots is now and that it is safe. […]
Click here to see the video. The President made clear early on that part of the way he intended to change the way Washington does business is by looking in every nook and cranny of government both for waste and abuse, and for ideas on how to root it out. Speaking in the Diplomatic room today, […]
Click here to see the video. Last week, I had the opportunity to join Vice President Biden and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue in Dawsonville, Georgia for the announcement of the first $183 million in Recovery Act funding for projects to bring broadband service to communities where it is lacking. These projects can help companies like Impulse […]
