Category: Executive Branch

Business Forward and Valerie Jarrett

The Post reports that top corporate executives discussed efforts to streamline government with administration officials, including White House senior adviser to the President, Valerie Jarrett.  Jarrett met with founders of Business Forward in 2009.  As of right now, the group’s site’s top recent events (capture at right) feature meetings with administration officials.

Ca$hing in on President Obama’s likeness

Robin Givhan writes here about a story that first appeared in The Times about a new billboard in New York City featuring President Obama sporting a Weatherproof jacket.  The story raises the interesting question of what happens when a politician’s likeness is used in connection with a commercial enterprise. Obama happened to be wearing one […]