May 9, 2012
President Obama has made it clear that our country needs an all-of-the-above strategy to develop American energy – energy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and generates new jobs for Americans.
On Tuesday, we took another major step forward in President Obama’s commitment to responsibly expand development of America’s abundant natural gas resources by...
April 24, 2012
“Knowing that your ideas…might change the future is something that I like,” says Eva, a high school student from California, who is featured in a new video released today by the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Girls in STEM, featuring young women scientists and engineers who wowed the President and the nation at the White House Science Fair...
April 20, 2012
Ed note: This is was originally posted on the Small Business Administration Community blog.
Graduation season is right around the corner and to help grads who are looking to start a small business, SBA and the U.S. Department of Education will host a...
April 19, 2012
Earlier this month, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act making it easier for small businesses and entrepreneurs to obtain much needed access to capital. Tomorrow April 20th at 3:30 pm EDT join us for a special session of Office Hours with Todd Park, Assistant to the President and U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who...
March 29, 2012
[Editor's Note: Watch the live webcast today at 2pm ET of the Big Data Research and Development event at http://live.science360.gov/bigdata/]
Today, the Obama Administration is announcing the “Big Data Research and Development Initiative.” By improving our ability to extract...
March 22, 2012
Ed note: This originally appeared on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blog
It can be hard to understand the language of financial products and services. Just what exactly is a grace period? What about an ARM? A balloon payment? And while the Internet can serve up an answer, how can you be sure it’s the right one?
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March 19, 2012
Last week I was in Atlanta, on the campus of Georgia Tech for a “Day of Engineering” Facebook pep rally to kick off the President’s new Stay With It campaign devoted to recruiting, retaining and graduating 10,000 engineers each year to maintain America’s competitive edge. Corporate leaders, educators and students have gathered for dialog and panel discussions on the dire need to increase the number of American engineers. Fourteen universities from...
February 24, 2012
A quick look at the week of February 20th on WhiteHouse.gov:
Your Voice, Your $40: On Wednesday, the President signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which extends the payroll tax cut and emergency jobless benefits through the end of the year. He credits the Americans who...