NASA Flight Directors Richard Jones and Ron Spencer are available for live satellite interviews beginning March 30 at 6 a.m. CDT.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama Administration announced plans today to hold a Forum on Workplace Flexibility on March 31st at the White House. The President and First Lady will discuss the importance of creating workplace practices that allow America’s working men and women to meet the demands of…
Earlier today, I signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform bill passed by Congress. In addition to reducing our deficit, making health care affordable for tens of millions of Americans, and enacting some of the toughest insurance reforms in…
GameSec 2010 – Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security 22-23 November 2010, Berlin, Germanywww.gamesec-conf.orgIndustry Gold Sponsor: Deutsche Telekom LaboratoriesIndustry Silver Sponsor: Frauenhofer Heinrich Hertz InstituteTechnical co-sponsors: IEEE Control System Society,…
The race to build a better solar cell is looping through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where new robots are fabricating thin-film cells and analyzing glitches faster and with more precision than ever before.How much faster? The robot working with silicon can build a semi-conductor on a…
12:39 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yes, he did. (Applause.) Thank you all for being here, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, this…
11:29 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Fired up! Ready to go! Fired up! Ready to go! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. President, I think we got a happy room here. (Laughter.) It seems ridiculous to say thank you all for being here. …
Last evening, the Vice President and General Jones had a working dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Barak at the Vice President’s residence at the Naval Observatory, together with their delegations. They had a productive, candid discussion on the full range…
A collection of never-before-seen photos from President Barack Obama's year-long fight to pass health reform.
NASA managers will hold a news conference on Friday, March 26, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.
Some deployed Soldiers will not be charged for rest and recuperation leave under a new Defense Department policy.
This afternoon President Obama spoke with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia who offered his congratulations to the United States on the passage of historic health insurance reform by the House of Representatives. During their call the two leaders discussed issues of mutual concern and reaffirmed the…
Earlier this afternoon President Obama spoke with Mexican President Felipe Calderón to underscore his Administration’s commitment to the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico. For his part, President Calderón took the opportunity to congratulate the President on…
We are now one step closer to passing real financial reform that will bring oversight and accountability to our financial system and help ensure that the American taxpayer never again pays the price for the irresponsibility of our largest banks and financial institutions. For that I congratulate…
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Rafael Moure-Eraso, Chair, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation BoardMark A. Griffon, Member, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation BoardRobert M. “Skipp”…
2:50 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Settle down. Q Okay, now what? (Laughter.) MR. GIBBS: Now we wait for everybody to take their seats, right? Isn't that what the -- shuffle in, shuffle in. Paging Jake Tapper. Paging Jake Tapper. I know -- I know he’s coming, but I might as well…
Ides have a whole different meaning for me now, I first heard about them way back when, told to beware of them by Shakespeares soothsayer, at least to beware the Ides of March. I always thought there could be more of them, say of October, of June. In toning my photographs I use sea water [...]