Maureen Tracey-Mooney

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Maureen Tracey-Mooney

Former Senior Policy Analyst

Maureen Tracey-Mooney was formerly Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Vice President, where she focused on early childhood and K-12 education, workplace and public safety, the auto industry and other issues. Maureen previously worked for the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers, based at the Department of Labor, where she supported communities in Ohio and worked on the interagency team that established the $773 million trust for the environmental cleanup of former GM properties. During the transition she worked on the Department of Labor’s agency review team. Maureen joined the Obama campaign’s policy staff in March of 2007 and went on to work on the field staff, ending the campaign as a Regional Field Director in Cincinnati, of which she is a proud native. Maureen is a Cincinnati Bengals fan and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago.

Maureen Tracey-Mooney's Posts

Violence Prevention

Taking Action: Creating Model Emergency Management Plans for Schools, Institutions of Higher Education and Houses of Worship

February 28, 2013 at 3:27 PM EDT

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano were joined by leaders from across the country to discuss the development of high-quality emergency management plans to make our schools, institutions of higher education, and houses of worship safer from violence.

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Violence Prevention

Keeping Up the Demand for Action on Gun Violence

February 4, 2013 at 12:00 PM EDT

In the two weeks since President Obama released his plan for reducing gun violence, the President and Vice President have kept on pushing for Congress to take common-sense steps to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence.

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Education

Investing in the Potential of the Next Generation

April 4, 2012 at 1:50 PM EDT

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to graduating seniors, parents, and teachers at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia about the importance of a college education, and the work the Administration is doing to to make it affordable at a time when more and more families are facing difficult choices about how or even if they can finance a college education for their children.

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Education

Keeping Teachers like Mrs. Keene in the Classroom

October 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM EDT

Vice President Biden visits a school in Land O'Lakes, Florida, to speak to a group of parents and teachers about how the American Jobs Act will help keep hundreds of thousands of teachers in classrooms across the country.

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Education

Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge

August 24, 2011 at 6:24 PM EDT

Maureen Tracey-Mooney, Senior Policy Analyst for the Domestic Policy Council, describes how the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge will help middle class families know that their children are receiving the high-quality education they need at day care.

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Honoring 29 Miners

April 5, 2011 at 6:06 PM EDT

Improving workplace safety for miners and all workers has been a priority of the Administration’s Middle Class Task Force, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden.

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Education

Labor and Management Working Together For Student Success

February 18, 2011 at 1:33 PM EDT

Education reform is only possible with the cooperation of both teachers' unions and administrators. Read about how Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is helping to bring both sides together.

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Rural

Living Up To the Mine Act

February 2, 2011 at 3:36 PM EDT

Proposed new rules for enforcing mine safety will help protect the health and safety of Americans with one of our nation's most dangerous jobs.

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Family

New Report Highlights Administration’s Support for Women and Families

October 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM EDT

The National Economic Council released a report, Jobs and Economic Security for America’s Women, which provides even more evidence for why this work is critically important.

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Disabilities

Taking On Black Lung

October 18, 2010 at 11:07 AM EDT

In the wake of the historic rescue of miners in Chile, Maureen Tracey-Mooney with the Office of the Vice President, discusses efforts to tackle an even more widespread danger to miners.

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