You can watch the Kids’ State Dinner live today at 10 am EST Today’s Kids’ State Dinner is a White House original in many ways — it’s not only the first time the guests of honor are ALL under the age of 13, it’s also the first time the White House kitchen has served a formal […]
With students starting to head back to school, President Obama discusses the critical role that education plays in America’s future. Transcript | Download mp4 | Download mp3 Fonte: White House
Here’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov: NASA Success: On Monday, President Obama congratulated NASA’s Curiosity Team on the success of their rover touching down on the surface of Mars, praising them on their ingenuity and urging them to continue the good work. “Through your dedicated efforts, ‘Curiosity’ stuck her landing and captured […]
Ed. Note: This is cross-posted from The Fast Lane — the blog of the Department of Transportation. At DOT, we know that America’s transportation infrastructure is in need of attention, while construction workers across the country remain eager to get back on the job repairing, replacing, and modernizing our roads, rails, and runways. Over the […]
Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the White House hosted PTA day and the annual Iftar dinner, the President addressed the drought and spoke with the Curiosity team, and the Administration began accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. […]
Soon, Youngstown, Ohio will be the home to a new public-private institute aimed at boosting innovation. The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on 3-D printing technology, and it will launch with $30 million in federal funding, matched by $40 million from manufacturing firms, universities, community colleges, and non-profits. “This institute will help make […]
Ed. Note: Earlier this year, President Obama announced the Summer Jobs + initiative, a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government agencies to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth for the summer of 2012. More than 150 companies and non-profits, plus cities and federal agencies committed to providing more than 300,000 opportunities for […]
I just returned from the White House Business Council American Economic Competitiveness Forum on Manufacturing, where I had an opportunity to hear from a group of American manufacturers—representing businesses of all sizes from across the country—about how the Obama Administration can continue to support them as they build things here and sell them everywhere. As […]
Ed. note: This post was originally published on energy.gov. Photo courtesy of Nordex USA Our countdown of the top ten things you didn’t know about wind energy: 10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years. Early forms of windmills used wind to crush grain or pump water. Now, modern wind turbines use […]
I’m really excited to welcome AmeriCorps alumni to the White House tomorrow because, well, I’m one myself! Having served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA with the Dream Program in Burlington, VT, I know first-hand how incredibly powerful and rewarding the experience can be. Simply put, it changed my life – and I’ll talk about that tomorrow, so […]
