Barack Obama

In America, innovation doesn't just change our lives. It is how we make a living.

With parents, teachers, and communities working together, we can ensure reading is a national priority and American pastime.

Reading is the foundation upon which all other learning is built.

This week, the President will issue a memorandum directing Executive Departments and Agencies to work with State, Tribal, and local governments to reduce unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens.

Starting in 2014, insurance companies cannot charge more, carve-out benefits, or deny coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

Today, one of President Kennedy's most enduring legacies can be found in the over 200,000 current and returned Peace Corps Volunteers who have collectively given over a half-century of service to the cause of peace.

We agreed on the need to deter additional acts of violence by the Qadhafi regime.

Today, women have reached heights their mothers and grandmothers might only have imagined.

Carl Shapiro, of California, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Cecilia Elena Rouse.

State Innovation Waivers allow States to propose and test alternative ways to meet the shared goals of making health insurance affordable and accessible to all Americans.

This essential provision will reduce legal costs, improve fairness, and support U.S. innovators seeking to market their products and services in a global marketplace.

This is especially urgent at a time when State, local, and tribal governments face large budget shortfalls and American taxpayers deserve to know that their funds are being spent wisely.

The law has already made nearly $2.8 billion available to states.

We can do even more to help States, improve program outcomes, and lower costs for the American taxpayer.

The bill would enhance productivity – reducing delay in the patent application process – and ensure full cost recovery at no taxpayer expense.

Through smarter government, we can do even more to help States, improve program outcomes, and lower costs for the American taxpayer.

The lasting accomplishments of the Peace Corps continue to strengthen partnerships with leaders and countries around the world.

To maximize flexibility to test bold approaches to achieving better results through cross-program collaboration.

Federal program requirements over the past several decades have sometimes been onerous, and they have not always contributed to better outcomes.

The flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds

To win the future, we must equip the young women of today with the knowledge, skills, and equal access to reach for the promise of tomorrow.

Through smarter government we can do even more to improve outcomes and lower costs for the American taxpayer.

The Affordable Care Act already creates a critical role for States.

I believe that working together, State, local, and tribal governments and Federal agencies can distinguish between rules and requirements that support important goals from those that are excessively burdensome.

N. Gunter Guy, Jr. is the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.