Earlier this week, President Obama unveiled the details for his new high-tech job program for students. The program will provide adequate training for students to prepare for jobs at high-tech companies where executives have expressed an urgent need for engineers. The president introduced the plan during a broader speech on unemployment solutions.Read more

On Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa introduced legislation to create a single website for tracking Federal spending.Read more

On Thursday, the White House sent a detailed cybersecurity proposal to Congress which provides guidelines for securing the Nation’s cyberinfrastructure.Read more

On Wednesday, President Obama issued an executive order instructing Federal agencies to improve their customer service through new technology initiatives within the next six months.Read more

The new top health IT official in the Obama Administration said in a statement Tuesday he hopes the government will eventually play a minimal role in the progress of electronic health record adoption, and instead market demand will drive the incentive to transition away from traditional paper-based methods.Read more

On Wednesday, the president made a visit to Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA to headline a townhall event broadcasted live over the social media website. President Obama answered questions from Facebook users, employees and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on a variety of policy topics.Read more