Episodes
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Being Biden Vol. 21: It's on ALL of Us
In the latest addition to the Being Biden series, the Vice President reflects on meeting with survivors of sexual assault -- and why it is so vital that every one of us take ownership of preventing it on college campuses and everywhere.
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Ana Roqué de Duprey (en Español)
Ana Roque de Duprey nació en Puerto Rico en el año 1853. A los 13 años de edad comenzó una escuela en su casa y escribió un libro de geografía para sus estudiantes, que posteriormente fue adoptado por el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. Roqué sostenía una gran pasión por la astronomía y…
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Ana Roqué de Duprey (As Told by Secretary of State Science and Tech Advisor Frances A. Colón)
Ana Roqué de Duprey was born in Puerto Rico in 1853. She started a school in her home at age 13 and wrote a geography textbook for her students, which was later adopted by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico. Roqué had a passion for astronomy and education, founding several girls-only...
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Calutron Girls (As Told by DOE's La Doris "Dot" Harris)
Isolating enriched uranium was one of the most difficult aspects of the Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear bombs during World War II. Wartime labor shortages led the Tennessee Eastman Company to recruit young women, who were mostly recent high school graduates, to operate the...
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Ellen Ochoa (As Told by NSF Director France A. Córdova)
In 1993, Dr. Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She has flown in space four times, logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit. Prior to her astronaut career, she was a research engineer and inventor, with...
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Mollie Orshansky (As Told by USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki)
Mollie Orshansky was a food economist and statistician whose work on poverty thresholds pioneered the way the U.S. Government defines poverty. By using the cost of the cheapest nutritionally adequate diet to calculate a cost of living expense for families of various sizes, Orshansky developed...
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Mary Engle Pennington (As Told by USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki)
Mary Engle Pennington was an American chemist at the turn of the 20th century. At a time when few women attended college, Pennington completed her PhD and went on to work as a bacteriological chemist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Shortly after arriving at the USDA, Pennington became…
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Edith Clarke (As Told by US Patent & Trademark Office's Director Michelle K. Lee)
Edith Clarke was a pioneering electrical engineer at the turn of the 20th century. She worked as a “computer,” someone who performed difficult mathematical calculations before modern-day computers and calculators were invented. Clarke struggled to find work as a female engineer instead of the...
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Virginia Holsinger (As Told by USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki)
Virginia H. Holsinger was an American chemist known for her research on dairy products and food security issues. Holsinger developed a nutritious and shelf-stable whey and soy drink mixture that is distributed internationally by food donation programs as a substitute for milk. She also created a...
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Ruth Rogan Benerito (As Told by USDA Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Woteki)
Ruth Rogan Benerito was an American chemist and pioneer in bioproducts. Benerito is credited with saving the cotton industry in post-WWII America through her discovery of a process to produce wrinkle-free, stain-free, and flame-resistant cotton fabrics. In addition to this work, Benerito also...
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Lillian Gilbreth (As Told By FBI Executive Assistant Director Amy Hess)
Lillian Moller Gilbreth was an American psychologist and industrial engineer at the turn of the 20th century. She was an expert in efficiency and organizational psychology, the principles of which she applied not only as a management consultant for major corporations, but also to her household of...
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Farm to Foreign Table: A Virginia Peanut Farmer on the Importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The White House and the USDA traveled to Wakefield, Virginia to speak with Paul Rogers, a peanut farmer, and Dell Cotton, Executive Secretary of the Virginia Peanut Growers association, about how the President's Trade Deal will affect the peanut industry. Listen to Paul and Dell tell their stories.
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A Conversation with President Obama on a Better Politics
Nine years to the day after then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy for President in 2007, President Obama sat down with former Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, former Illinois state Sen. Denny Jacobs and former Illinois state Sen. Larry Walsh for a conversation conducted by Christi Parsons…
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Vice President Biden Calls Wendy Hoke
Wendy Hoke of Bay Village, Ohio is battling breast cancer. She wrote the Vice President on the night of the State of the Union -- and the eve of her final chemo treatment, telling him she wanted to help with his Cancer Moonshot initiative. So he gave her a call. This is their conversation.
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Behind the Buy: The Importance of Bringing in Experienced Teams
In the seventh episode of Behind the Buy, U.S. CAO Anne Rung interviews GSA's Beth Hochberg on the importance of leveraging play #7 of the Digital Services Playbook.
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Six - Month Memo: Mikel Maron On Crowd-Mapping For Disaster Response
Mikel Maron On Crowd-Mapping For Disaster Response
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Six - Month Memo: Ian Kalin On Innovations At The Department Of Commerce
Chief Data Officer for Commerce Ian Kalin On Innovations At The Department Of Commerce
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Six - Month Memo: Denise Ross And Clarence Wardell On The Police Data Initiative
Denise Ross And Clarence Wardell On The Police Data Initiative
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CTO Megan Smith Invites Pigeonly to Demo Day
Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, calls Pigeonly to let them know they will be attending the first ever White House Demo Day.
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CTO Megan Smith Invites Sword and Plough to White House Demo Day
Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer of the United States, calls Sword and Plough to let them know they will be attending the first ever White House Demo Day.
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Background on the Task Force on 21st Century Policing
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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Background on the Police Data Initiative
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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Should we regulate police nationwide like our military?
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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What can be achieved by having police data on a national level?
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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How can we assure the quality of data, when the possibility of partial data exists?
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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How do we make sure that police are seen as "guardians" and not "occupiers"?
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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How can we communicate the perspectives of the community and police to each other?
The White House invited more than 390,000 petition signers to join a call about improving community-police relations through the use of open data, demilitarizing local police forces, and other recommendations from the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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WH Staffer James Gleeson Shares His Community College Story
WH Staffer James Gleeson Shares His Community College Story by Obama White House
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WH Staffer Deesha Dyer Shares Her Community College Story
WH Staffer Deesha Dyer Shares Her Community College Story by Obama White House
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WH Staffer Crystal Carson Shares Her Community College Story
WH Staffer Crystal Carson Shares Her Community College Story by Obama White House
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