There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there. – Barack Obama 11-04-08
Department of Energy Launches “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a new program called “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” to reduce the cost and paperwork for startup companies to license the Department of Energy’s 15,000 unlicensed patents, and start bringing more of these new energy technologies to the U.S. marketplace.
Starting on May 2, 2011, entrepreneurs may apply for any of these patents by submitting a business plan for how they propose to use them. A portfolio of up to three patents will cost an upfront fee of just $1,000, yielding a total savings of between $10,000 and $50,000.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists found multiple uses for thin film lithium ion conductors – for batteries and for solar cells. | Photo courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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President Obama announces that Osama Bin Laden is dead
Whether choosing energy efficient products, auditing your home energy use, adding energy smart plans when building a new home or saving on transportation costs, the following links will provide the tools and information you need to help save energy and money at home and on the road. To learn more go to EnergySavers.gov
GENERAL INFORMATION - Find energy efficiency and renewable energy information in your home, community, and state, with a few quick clicks.
HOMES - From improving homes or condos to building a new home or shopping for an appliance, this is your gateway to the best information available.
CARS - From commuting to taking a long road trip, learn ways to squeeze every mile from your gasoline dollar.
Earth Day is April 22
Each year, over 20 million Americans participate in one of the largest grassroots community service movements in our history.
On Wednesday, April 13th President Obama gave a speech at the George Washington University and laid out his plan for a balanced approach to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over twelve years, based on the values of shared responsibility and shared prosperity. The President’s approach borrows from the Bipartisan Fiscal Commission and builds on $1 trillion in deficit reductions in the President’s 2012 budget.
The President’s Framework focuses on four key pillars:
Budget Cuts. The President’s approach builds on the compromise reached last week and will save us $770 billion over twelve years.
Security Spending. Working with Secretary of Defense Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen we will find $400 billion in defense savings by 2023 while ensuring that our troops have the resources they need to protect our national security.
Health Care Costs. The President’s approach to reforming Medicare and Medicaid keeps our commitments to seniors, people with disabilities, and children while reducing health care spending. By 2023, these reforms will help us save $480 billion and an additional $1 trillion in the decade after that.
Tax Reform. The President’s approach would eliminate the Bush tax cuts and limit itemized deductions for the wealthiest 2% of Americans – reducing the deficit by $320 billion over ten years. The President is also calling on Congress to reform the individual tax code so that the amount of taxes you pay isn’t determined by what kind of accountant you can afford.
Check out this fact sheet to learn more about the details of the President’s framework.
Recycling improves our daily lives and helps to protect our planet for the future. Through recycling, we conserve energy, consume less of our precious natural resources, decrease the amount of waste deposited in landfills, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Communities across America also benefit by avoiding the pollution associated with the extraction of raw materials and their processing into finished products. –
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.
DON’T WAIT – USE A FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT
Be aware of how long it takes mail to reach your residence abroad from the United States, and the reliability of local mail service. Don’t be a passive voter and wait for a ballot that may not reach you in time. If you have not received your ballot by October 2, 2010, complete and submit a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot (FWAB) – or “emergency ballot” – to ensure your vote is counted.
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, and the legislature of the Federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. The U.S. Capitol has been the home of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1800.
The iron dome, also white, is surmounted by a statue of a woman representing Freedom, by the American sculptor Thomas Crawford. The height of the Capitol from the baseline on the east front to the top of the statue is 287.5 ft (87.6 m).
FTA is one of 11 operating administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation with over 500 employees located in Washington, DC and 10 regional offices across the nation. As authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005 (SAFETEA-LU), the FTA provides stewardship of combined formula and discretionary programs totaling more than $10B to support a variety of locally planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems throughout the United States. Transportation systems typically include buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, or people movers
Information provided here describes the administration of the agency (refer to the menu topics on the left). Other sections of the website provide information about:
Regulations.gov is your source for regulations and other related documents issued by the U.S. government. Through this site, you can find, read and comment on documents.
Regulations.gov is committed to:
Increasing access to and participation in developing regulations and other related documents that can impact you
Promoting more efficient and effective rulemaking through public involvement
Using this Web site, you can:
View proposed rules and other regulatory documents
Submit a comment
Submit an application, petition or adjudication document
Read comments
View final rules
View Regulatory Agendas that list regulations that each agency plans to issue
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