21st Century Government
Campaign
to Cut Waste

President Obama and Vice President Biden launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will hunt down and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department across the Federal Government.

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  • More Than 2.4 Million Records Released

    Posted by Matt Compton on July 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM EDT

    In September 2009, the President announced that—for the first time in history—White House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in April 2012, and additional records from March 2012 not included in last month’s posting due to a technical constraint. Today’s release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 2.4 million—all of which can be viewed in our Disclosures section.

    Ed. note: For more information, check out Ethics.gov.

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  • More Than 2.3 Million Records Released

    Posted by Colleen Curtis on June 29, 2012 at 5:31 PM EDT

    In September 2009, the President announced that—for the first time in history—White House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in March 2012. Due to a technical constraint, additional records from March 2012 will be included in the July 27, 2012 disclosure. Today’s release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 2.3 million—all of which can be viewed in our Disclosures section.

    Ed. note: For more information, check out Ethics.gov.

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  • Financial Disclosure Reports Now Available

    Posted by Kathryn Ruemmler on June 15, 2012 at 4:00 PM EDT

    Public Financial Disclosure Reports (OGE Form 278) for White House officials are now available. Interested parties may request reports electronically by completing the application form available here.

    Once the application form is submitted, reports will be sent via email in PDF format. Please call the press office if you have any questions.

    Kathryn Ruemmler is Counsel to the President

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  • More Than 2.3 million Records Released

    Posted by Matt Compton on May 25, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT

    In September 2009, the President announced that—for the first time in history—White House visitor records would be made available to the public on an ongoing basis. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were generated in February 2012. Today’s release brings the total number of records made public by this White House to more than 2.3 million—all of which can be viewed in our Disclosures section.

    Ed. note: For more information, check out Ethics.gov.

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  • 2010 Census: On-Time, Under-Budget, and Extremely Accurate

    Posted by Rebecca M. Blank on May 23, 2012 at 11:18 AM EDT

    Ed note: this was originally posted on The Commerce Blog, the official blog of the US Department of Commerce

    Yesterday's U.S. Census Bureau report shows that not only was the 2010 Census delivered on time and significantly under budget – but even more important, it was extremely accurate. I am proud of the extraordinary accomplishment by the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department in its success with the massive 2010 Decennial Census effort that gathered data vital to understanding our nation’s population and to allocating equal representation in our democratic system. The accuracy of the 2010 Decennial Census is particularly impressive considering outside predictions of failure. The Census was able to reverse a decades-long decline in survey response rates with its 2010 count.

    The data released yesterday are from a post-enumeration survey of the 2010 Census called the Census Coverage Measurement (CCM) program, which measures the accuracy of the coverage of the nation’s household population (excluding the 8.0 million people in “group quarters,” such as nursing homes or college dorms). It surveys a sample of the 300.7 million people living in housing units and then matches the responses to the census, providing an estimate of exactly who was or wasn’t counted in the census. The results found that the 2010 Census had a very small net overcount–just 0.01 percent–which is statistically virtually the same as zero, and a significant improvement over the 0.49 percent overcount in 2000 and 1.61 percent undercount in 1990. You can learn more about how the Census Bureau conducts the CCM survey after the census to help measure its quality.

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  • The President and Vice President's 2011 Financial Disclosure Forms

    Posted by Jay Carney on May 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT

    Today, the President and Vice President released their 2011 financial disclosure reports. 

    The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 requires high-level federal officials to publicly disclose their personal financial interests. The public filing system serves to prevent financial conflicts of interest by providing for a systematic review of the finances of government officials. Those finances are set forth in annual disclosures which are reviewed and certified by ethics officials.  Neither the President nor the Vice President have any conflicts of interest, and their reports have been reviewed and certified by the independent Office of Government Ethics. We are continuing this Administration's practice of posting these forms online here in the interests of transparency:

    White House staff are also completing their forms and we anticipate they will be available here next month, also in electronic form.

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