Government Information

http://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/the-economic-case-for-raising-the-minimum-wage

Slide show on the arguments advanced by the Obama administration for raising the minimum wage.  From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/22/memorandum-establishing-white-house-task-force-protect-students-sexual-a

Creates a task force to strengthen higher education compliance efforts and to provide new tools to prevent sexual assaults on campuses.  From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/28/presidential-memorandum-retirement-savings-security

Presents details of plan to make available retirement savings accounts for those without such plans from their employers.  From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/28/president-barack-obamas-state-union-address

Text of the annual speech delivered before the joint session of Congress.  From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/17/remarks-president-review-signals-intelligence

Text of President Obama’s speech on intelligence gathering by the National Security Agency and related matters.   From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/17/fact-sheet-review-us-signals-intelligence

Describes the review process, summarizes the president’s speech, and discusses how the results of the review will affect intelligence gathering, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the PATRIOT Act, the use of national security letters, privacy considerations, and relations with other nations.  From the White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/17/presidential-policy-directive-signals-intelligence-activities

Lays out revised principles for the collection of signals intelligence such as the National Security Agency’s bulk phone record metadata program, including limits on the use of such information, refinements in the process by which it is collected, and safeguards on privacy interests.  From the White House

http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/ceg-ppd/memop.pdf

Federal District Court decision that ordered the Obama Administration to release to the public an unclassified presidential directive on issues of foreign aid.  The decision also criticized the administrative view that unclassified presidential directives to Executive Branch agencies could be withheld from public view.  Legal decision posted by the Federation of American Scientists’ Secrecy News Project