Vice President Joe Biden Speaks at UAW in Toledo, Ohio - Obama for America 2012

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Sandboxes and Solar Panels

Public schools across the country are adding sustainability and environmental awareness to their lesson plans. In some areas teachers are battling the ability to teach sustainability within an energy-draining and unhealthy portable that, in some cases, was built well over 50 years ago.

An innovative project called The Green Schoolhouse Series is on a mission to change all that. With the help of volunteers, school officials, community members, building partners, and corporations, The Green Schoolhouse Series is on target to build donated, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum-designed, green schoolhouses on existing, low-income, public school campuses across the country

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Champions of Change :: Mentoring LGBT, Minority and Women Owned Small Business

It is a privilege to be recognized as a White House Champion of Change. Giving back to the community in which I work and live has been incredibly rewarding; to be recognized for doing something that I love makes this award even better.

I am honored to be invited to participate with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce’s founders, Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell, as a “Champion of Change” on the topic of mentoring. Part of my role as Accenture’s Supplier Diversity Program Manager is to help manage our Diverse Supplier Development Program (DSDP), a formal mentoring program which matches selected minority-owned, women-owned, LGBT-owned, small and other diverse

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Sharon Potter, Iraq War Veteran: "The President delivered on his promise to end the war in Iraq."

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New Opportunities for U.S. Exporters Under the U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement

The entry into force of the U.S.-Korea trade agreement on March 15, 2012 means countless new opportunities for U.S. exporters to sell more Made-in-America goods, services, and agricultural products to Korean customers – and to support more good jobs here at home. If you’re an American exporter, here are resources to answer your questions about how the U.S.-Korea trade agreement can work for you:

• Check out the FTA Tariff Tool to find out the new tariff levels for your products, and other information about your market access under the agreement.
  
• For further assistance, please email KORUS@ustr.eop.gov or call USTR's Office of Korean Affairs at 202-395-5070, where Bryant Trick or Su-Jin Yoo can help to answer additional questions

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