MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government and Learning from Successful Practices Almost 50 years ago, when President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women were…
Archive: May 9, 2013
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Since our Nation’s founding, women have given their all to expanding opportunity for their families and for…
NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION DAY AND NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION WEEK, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a Nation, we have no task more urgent than creating good jobs,…
PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND POLICE WEEK, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Day after day, police officers in every corner of America…
MOTHER’S DAY, 2013 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today, sons and daughters all across America come together to honor the women who…
Aboard Air Force One En Route Austin, Texas **Please see below for a follow up – marked with asterisks – to a question posed during the gaggle. 11:00 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for being with us. …
The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s…
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama Administration today announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies – Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala and Gregory Howard Woods for District Court judgeships. “I am pleased to nominate these distinguished individuals to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama. …
President Obama and King Mohammed spoke by phone today and reaffirmed the historic relationship between the United States and Morocco. The two leaders discussed the importance of continuing to deepen our bilateral cooperation, especially on regional security matters of mutual…
