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State and Local Officials Across the Country Urge Action to Fix the Nation’s Broken Immigration System
Posted by on January 30, 2013 at 12:19 PM EDTFollowing President Obama's speech on commonsense immigration reform, bipartisan state and local elected officials across the country spoke out about the President’s remarks and urged swift action.
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Roll Up Your Sleeves, Get Involved, and Get Civic-Hacking
Posted by on January 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM EDTThis summer, citizens in cities across the Nation will join together to improve their communities and governments as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. Civic Hacking Day is an opportunity for software developers, technologists, and entrepreneurs to unleash their can-do American spirit by collaboratively harnessing publicly-released data and code to create innovative solutions for problems that affect Americans.
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Students Speak: “Why I’m in STEM”
Posted by on December 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM EDTThis week, OSTP asked winners and finalists from the 2012 Siemens Foundation student competition in Math, Science, and Technology to tell us why they are pursuing STEM and what it means to them. Here's what they had to say.
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Agreement in Washington: Protect the Middle Class from Year-end Tax Hikes
Posted by on December 6, 2012 at 4:27 PM EDTToday, the White House National Economic Council releaseda state-by-state reports about the real-life impact of these tax increases on America’s middle class families if Congress fails to act by January 1. Find out what it means for your community.
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The 2012 White House Holiday Card
Posted by on December 6, 2012 at 11:51 AM EDTThis year's White House holiday card features the First Family dog, Bo.
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A State by State Look at the Middle-Class Tax Cuts’ Impact on Consumer Spending and Retailers
Posted by on December 4, 2012 at 11:49 AM EDTA state by state look at the middle-class tax cuts' impact on consumer spending and retailers.
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Read Some More Stories from the Middle Class Tax Cut Debate
Posted by on December 3, 2012 at 3:04 PM EDTAmericans from across the country are speaking out about extending tax cuts for the middle class.
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USAID Launches Development Labs at Seven Universities
Posted by on November 16, 2012 at 6:20 PM EDTLast week, OSTP Director John P. Holdren joined USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in launching the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) – a groundbreaking partnership between USAID and seven top universities that is designed to harness the ingenuity of faculty and students to help solve global development challenges.
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Date Set for Entry-Into-Force of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
Posted by on October 23, 2012 at 12:53 PM EDTU.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Panamanian Minister of Commerce and Industry Ricardo Quijano signed a letter exchange setting October 31, 2012 for the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA).
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Youth Development through Self Learning
Posted by on October 10, 2012 at 4:45 PM EDTDr. Samuel G. Roberson Sr. is currently a Program Specialist, 4-H & Youth Development Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program in Texas. With the support and encouragement as a child to do more, Samuel has committed his entire life to helping youth realize their full potential. While pursuing his PhD at Texas A&M University researching youth development, Samuel discovered 4-H. He believes the emphasis by 4-H programs on hands-on learning is directly correlated to the creative mischief that he experimented with in open fields as child.
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