Mondays is wrap up day here. Barack Obama appeers to be a very busy man since taking office. It's hard to tell if he is any more so than previous Presidents. Is he just more visible or is he really doing more? Humm.
The week of May 24 started Tuesday (Monday Was Memorial Day) with the announcement of Barack Obama's nomination for Supreme Court Justice. Sonia Sotomayor.
The President went to Nevada this week to speak about green jobs. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said she believes the nation's clean energy future will stabilize the US economy and secure America's energy supply.
While in Nevada President Obama meet with Harry Read at the Thunderbird's hanger at Neillis Air Force Base. As it the day mark the 100th day since the recovery act was signed the President noted that 150.000 plus jobs have been created.
The Vice President was busy this week too. Speaking at the Air Force Academy Graduation ceremony. Biden Thanked the graduates for giving a portion of their lives to service of the country.
Thursday May28, 2009. As Pakistan appears to be becoming the hot spot in the world. President Obama meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Pakistan has begun fighting terrorist in northern Provence which has become more and more violent as the army try's to push the Taliban out of the region.The one on one meeting was followed by a joint press conference.
Friday May 29, 2009 Internet and Cyber security was the topic. President Obama announced the forming of a Cyber Czar Office. A Cyber Security report was also discussed by some of the countries leading experts in Internet security. The expert all agree that not just government take on the issue but, companies and citizens that have been undertaking the issue on a private level are included in securing Americans from crimes the Internet has created as part of its natural growth
Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council
The globally-interconnected digital information and communications infrastructure known as cyberspace underpins almost every facet of modern society and provides critical support for the U.S. economy, civil infrastructure, public safety and national security. The United States is one of the global leaders on embedding technology into our daily lives and this technology adoption has transformed the global economy and connected people in ways never imagined. My boys are 8 and 9 and use the Internet daily to do homework, blog with their friends and teacher, and email their mom; it is second nature to them. My mom and dad can read the newspapers about their daughter on-line and can reach me anywhere in the world from their cell phone to mine. And people all over the world can post and watch videos and read our blogs within minutes of completion. I can’t imagine my world without this connectivity and I would bet that you cannot either. Now consider that the same networks that provide this connectively also increasingly help control our critical infrastructure. These networks deliver power and water to our households and businesses, they enable us to access our bank accounts from almost any city in the world, and they are transforming the way our doctors provide healthcare. For all of these reasons, we need a safe Internet with a strong network infrastructure and we as a nation need to take prompt action to protect cyberspace for what we use it for today and will need in the future.
June marks the beginning of the Hurricane season in the US. It is also Hurricane Preparadness Week. The President went to a meeing with FEMA officials. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano said preparing for disasters is one of the highest priorities of Homeland Security.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate briefed the President on preparedness efforts and the seasonal forecast for the 2009 hurricane season. Fugate echoed the President’s statements about the importance of preparation before a hurricane strike.
If you live within 100 miles of a coastal area now is the time to prepare. Know where the shelters are in your area. Get supplies, find out how high your home is above sea level. Call your insurance agent and check you policy for flood insurance. Basiclly take steps now and be prepared.
May 29th another update from the special counsel Norm Eisen. The following is a brief out take of what he had to say. "I am writing with an update on the President’s March 20, 2009 Memorandum on Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds. Section 3 of the Memorandum required all oral communications between federally registered lobbyists and government officials concerning Recovery Act policy to be disclosed on the Internet; barred registered lobbyists from having oral communications with government officials about specific Recovery Act projects or applications and instead required those communications to be in writing; and also required those written communications to be posted on the Internet. That Memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review the initial 60 days of implementation of the stimulus lobbying restrictions, to evaluate the data, and to recommend modifications."
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