WASHINGTON, DC  (October 19) - The Obama Administration held the second Full Council meeting of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness on Thursday, October 19. It was the first meeting chaired by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, who was elected chair by his fellow Cabinet Members and agency heads at the Council's first meeting on June 18, 2009.

Washington, DC (October 7) – Dr. Rebecca Blank ,Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, is pictured with Nancy LeaMond, AARP Executive Vice President, Social Impact and AARP Board member, Lee Hammond.  Dr.

Washington, DC (September 21, 2009) - Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Dr. Rebecca Blank co-chaired a meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) Statistics Working Group at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. Dr. Blank is pictured with her fellow co-chairs Mr. Fu Ziying, Vice Minister of Commerce, People’s Republic of China, and David Walters, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Economic Affairs.

Washington, DC (September 10, 2009) – Dr. Rebecca Blank testified before the Joint Economic Committee on the newly released Census Bureau data on Family Income, Health Insurance Coverage and Poverty Status of Americans in 2008. Dr. Blank was joined by Cecelia Rouse, Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Thomas Miller, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Dr. Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University and Dr. Karen Davis, President, The Commonwealth Fund.

Washington, DC (September 9, 2009) – Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Dr. Rebecca Blank led a panel on the challenges of the 2009-H1N1 influenza and its potential impact on small businesses before the House Committee on Small Business. She was joined by Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, MD, USPHS, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service and Mr. Bridger McCaw, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector, Office of Policy/Office of Private Sector, Department of Homeland Security.