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Friday, August 21, 2015

A Look Ahead:

In the latest edition of our "West Wing Week" series, we're giving you an exclusive preview of some of the exciting events coming up on President Obama's schedule.

Next week, the President will travel to Las Vegas for the National Clean Energy Summit, before heading to New Orleans to highlight the region's rebirth since Hurricane Katrina. Later in the week, he'll take a trip to Alaska to emphasize the continued need to fight climate change.

See more about these and other events in the latest "West Wing Week."

"Letters to President Obama"

Yesterday, we launched a new Tumblr account sharing some of the letters that people all across America have written to the President.

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A Six-Month Update on How We've Been Using Data, and How It Benefits All Americans

On Wednesday, U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil wrote a memo detailing how his team is helping federal departments and agencies use data to benefit all Americans -- in areas ranging from precision medicine to criminal justice -- and to use data responsibly.

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The Next Big Idea: Supporting Startups Across America

Companies across the country are connecting with members of Congress for Startup Day Across America, a chance to discuss how we can support a startup economy.

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"Entrepreneurship is more important than ever to the future health of the country's economy."