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White House Equal Futures App Challenge to Promote Civic Education and Public Leadership for Girls
Posted byon September 24, 2012 at 5:00 PM EDTThe White House Council on Women and Girls is launching a challenge for developers: Create an app that promotes civic education and/or inspires girls to serve as leaders in our democracy
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Photo Gallery: Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Its Final Flight
Posted byon September 21, 2012 at 4:00 PM EDTSee photos from the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight.
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West Wing Week: 09/21/12 or "The Dignity and Freedom That Every Person Deserves"
Posted byon September 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM EDTWelcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Small Business Google Hangout on Wednesday, Sept. 19
Posted byon September 18, 2012 at 12:27 PM EDTOn Wednesday, September 19, join NASA Administrator Bolden, and SBA Administrator Karen Mills for a Google+ Hangout with ATA Engineering, one of the small businesses that made the Mars Science Laboratory mission landing a success.
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Open Government, Open Data, Open Source
Posted byon September 17, 2012 at 10:31 AM EDTWe're launching a one-stop resource for those who want to take advantage of the tools provided by the White House technology program. -
Golden Goose Award: Scientific Research Investments Paying Off
Posted byon September 14, 2012 at 6:51 PM EDTYesterday, Members of Congress, representatives of the academic, scientific, and business communities, and other luminaries gathered to honor seven federally-funded researchers whose work has transformed technology, medicine, and countless lives.
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Agencies Investing in Research for Next-Generation Robotics
Posted byon September 14, 2012 at 10:18 AM EDTToday, four federal agencies announced $40 million in grants to university researchers across the country to advance the National Robotics Initiative, unveiled by President Obama at Carnegie Mellon University on June 24, 2011. The initiative, led by the National Science Foundation, is also supported by NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture. These agencies have also issued a new joint solicitation to fund an additional 25-40 awards.
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50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's Speech at Rice University
Posted byon September 12, 2012 at 3:30 PM EDTToday marks the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's "Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort," when the young president shifted our efforts in space from low to high gear. In proclaiming, "We choose to go to the moon," Kennedy propelled our space program to the forefront of American culture and consciousness, galvanizing an historic effort on which we continue to build today.
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First-Time Public Voting for Top Health Innovations at HHS, Vote Now!
Posted byon September 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM EDTTypically when you think of government, the word “innovation” isn’t the first word that comes to mind. Well it’s time to change that!
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Challenge.gov: Two Years and 200 Prizes Later
Posted byon September 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM EDTTwo years after the Obama Administration created Challenge.gov, the first online listing of incentive prizes offered or supported by Federal agencies, the innovative site has hit an impressive milestone: its 200th listing of a challenge in search of a solution by the American public.