With FULL COLOR graphs and tables. The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. An important vehicle for presenting the Administration's domestic and international economic policies, it provides an overview of the nation's economic progress with text and extensive data appendices. It is combined with the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers. The themes for the Economic Report of the President 2013 include: jobs, workers and skills; reducing the costs and improving the quality of healthcare; climate change and...

Contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities and budget overviews by agency, and summary tables.

Contains the Economic Report of the President as transmitted to the Congress in March 2014, together with The Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers and the Statistical Appendix and includes many charts and graphs in full color. The Economic Report of the President provides an overview on the Nation's economic conditions.

The President considers the government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes a lasting covenant to be nourished and strengthened. To this end, engagement, consultation, and interagency collaboration are critical to supporting tribes in building stronger tribal communities. In 2013, the White House Tribal Nations Conference focused on the newly established White House Council on Native American Affairs. The Council is responsible for coordinating the U.S. government's engagement and partnership with tribes in order to promote more prosperous and resilient Native American communities....

The impact of networking and information technology (NIT) is stunning. Virtually every human endeavor is affected as advances in NIT enable or improve domains such as scientific discovery, human health, education, the environment, national security, transportation, manufacturing, energy, governance, and entertainment. NIT is also a powerful engine for economic growth. The United States leads the world in both the science of NIT and the myriad uses that transform lives. U.S. leadership stems from a sustained Federal investment in fundamental NIT research and development (R&D) spanning more...

Since taking office, President Obama has taken historic steps to lay the foundation for the innovation economy of the future. The Obama Innovation Strategy builds on well over $100 billion of Recovery Act funds that support innovation, additional support for education, infrastructure and others in the Recovery Act and the President's Budget, and novel regulatory and executive order initiatives. It seeks to harness the inherent ingenuity of the American people and a dynamic private sector to ensure that the next expansion is more solid, broad-based, and beneficial than previous ones. It...

The Office of National Drug Control Policy sponsored research to update previously published estimates of illegal drug availability on the streets of the United States based on both demand and supply data indicators. The demand-based methodology, published as What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs (WAUSID), estimates the magnitude of drugs in the United States by calculating consumption based on surveys of drug use prevalence and frequency. The supply-based methodology, published as Drug Availability Estimates in the United States (DAEUS), estimates the magnitude of drugs in the United...

This document provides supplemental information to the President's 2014 Budget and serves as the Annual Report on the NNI called for in the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (P.L. 108-153, 15 USC 7501). The report also addresses the requirement for Department of Defense reporting on its nanotechnology investments, per 10 USC 2358 (see Appendix A). In particular, the report summarizes NNI programmatic activities for 2012 and 2013, as well as those currently planned for 2014 NNI budgets for 2012-2014 are presented by agency and PCA in Chapter 2 of this report. Information...

While no single step can reverse the effects of climate change, we have a moral obligation to future generations to leave them a planet that is not polluted and damaged. Through steady, responsible action to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our children's health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so that we leave behind a cleaner, more stable environment. In 2009, President Obama made a pledge that by 2020, America would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels if all other major economies agreed to limit their emissions as well. Today,...

The growth of wireless technology in the past few years has been nothing short of astonishing. The advent of smartphones, tablets, and many other devices has made mobile information access a central feature of our lives. In the coming years, access to spectrum will be an increasingly important foundation for America's economic growth and technological leadership. In 2011, global mobile data more than doubled for the fourth year in a row. The number of devices connected to mobile networks worldwide is around five billion today, and could rise to 50 billion by 2020. By that time, wireless...