President Obama announces his TechHire initiative, a new campaign to work with communities to get more Americans rapidly trained for well-paying technology jobs.
Fourteen former chairs of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers sent a letter to the leadership in Congress expressing their strong support for renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).
President Obama is changing a rule to allow employment authorization for the spouses of certain high-skill workers who are here on H-1B visas, as long as those workers have begun the process of applying for a green card.
From municipal groups to industry associations, to leaders in Congress and public interest groups, the response to the President's new broadband initiative has been overwhelmingly positive.
President Obama travels to Cedar Falls, Iowa to share how this small city has done some big things to deliver lightning-fast Internet to the entire metro area.
Senior White House and Cabinet officials host a delegation of leaders of eight Swiss companies to discuss opportunities to spur new investments and create jobs for American workers.
Here's a look at what just a few people -- from congressmembers and reporters to technology experts and Internet platforms like Netflix and Tumblr -- have to say about the President's support for net neutrality.
President Obama asks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take up the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality, the principle that says Internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all internet traffic equally.
During National Veterans Small Business Week, the Obama Administration is launching DC’s VetCap with a series of workshops, resources, and training aides for veterans from all across the nation.
The week of November 3-7, 2014 marks the first National Veterans Small Business Week. The Administration is scheduled to host a list of events to honor veteran entrepreneurs who continue to create more jobs that contribute to the overall growth of our economy.
The President created AMP -- a working group of 19 leaders in industry, academia, and labor -- in June 2011 as part of his continuing effort to maintain the competitive edge on emerging technologies and invest in the future of our manufacturing sector. We’ve come a long way since then, and the policies fueled by AMP’s recommendations have been a big contributor to that progress.
The Treasury Department is taking action to discourage companies from taking advantage of corporate inversions – moving their tax residence overseas on paper to avoid paying their fair share in taxes here at home.
In the sixth round of the TIGER program, the Department of Transportation is making nearly $600 million in grants available and awarding them to 72 transportation projects across 46 states and in D.C.
Every day, the men and women of our military perform incredible service on behalf of our country. And as the President has made clear, just as our service members have made a commitment to America, we have a commitment to them – to have their backs at home while they serve around the world.
On Friday, August 1, President Obama signed a bill into law that again made it legal for consumers to unlock their cell phones. It marked the very first time a We the People petition led to a legislative fix.
America’s future economic growth and international competitiveness depend crucially on our capacity to innovate. Creating the jobs and industries of the future will require making the right investments to unleash the unmatched creativity and imagination of the American people. We want to gather bold ideas for how we as a nation can build on and extend into the future our historic strengths in innovation and discovery. Today we are calling on thinkers, doers, and entrepreneurs across the country to submit their proposals for promising new initiatives or pressing needs for renewed investment to be included in next year’s updated Strategy for American Innovation.
July 28, 2014 at 5:58 PM ET by Thomas Kalil, Jason Miller
8 Keys to Veterans’ Success has more than 400 colleges and university commitments, almost double the amount since last August when the President announced this.
July 28, 2014 at 4:58 PM ET by Robert "Mac" McFarlin
The Administration is kicking off a significant new public-private effort to help hard-working Americans get ahead through an initiative we are calling “upskilling”: working with employers, educators, tech innovators, unions, training providers, cities, states, and non-profits to help turn low-wage and entry-level jobs across the country into stepping stones to the middle class.
Last year, over 114,000 of you made your voice heard and petitioned the Administration to restore a basic consumer freedom: to take your mobile service — and a phone or tablet you already own — to the carrier that best suits your needs. Today, President Obama applauds Congress for passing the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.
Today, at a White House roundtable on impact investing, senior Administration officials met with more than 20 private-sector investors answering the President’s call to action by announcing their new commitments to make more than $1.5 billion in investments that intentionally generate sound financial return as well as measurable social or environmental impact.
June 25, 2014 at 8:49 AM ET by Thomas Kalil, Byron Auguste
The White House, in partnership with the Department of Labor and the Center for American Progress, hosted a Summit on Working Families with the aim of having a national conversation and set a concrete agenda to bring American workplaces into the 21st century.
Two years ago, President Obama set an ambitious goal: that the United States would annually attract 100 million international visitors by 2021. Yesterday, from Cooperstown, New York, he announced that we are right on track.
In advance of the first-ever White House Maker Faire, mayors around the country are signing up to join the Mayors Maker Challenge, a call to action from mayors, challenging their peers to bolster Making in their own communities.
