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Latest Promises
Barack Obama
Strengthen anti-monopoly laws to favor independent farmers
Regulations with teeth opposed in Congress, then withdrawn
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November 28, 2012
Barack Obama
Limit subsidies for agribusiness
Limits included in Senate’s farm bill, but not House’s
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November 29, 2012
Barack Obama
Attract more doctors to rural areas
Obama administration initiatives add doctors in rural areas
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December 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Create White House performance team and chief performance officer
Chief Performance Officer has been busy
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February 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Reduce the number of middle managers in the federal workforce
No data to demonstrate it was done
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February 21, 2012
Barack Obama
Increase efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy
Significant action in all three areas of promise
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October 24, 2011
Barack Obama
Advance the biomedical research field
Despite big infusions from stimulus and Cures Act, annual funding is down compared to 2008
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December 20, 2016
Barack Obama
Promote lifelong retraining
Mixed record for implementing a five-part promise
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November 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Attract more students to science and math
Lots of programs from Race to the Top
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April 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Improve and prioritize student science assessments
State science testing didn’t get federal push
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November 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Reform the patent system
New patent law now in place
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November 11, 2011
Barack Obama
Update copyright and patent law
Progress on patents
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April 11, 2012
Barack Obama
Protect American intellectual property abroad
Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement gets it done
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October 13, 2011
Barack Obama
Strengthen antitrust enforcement
Antitrust enforcement has picked up
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January 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Provide grants to early-career researchers
NIH gives early-career scientists grant money funded by stimulus
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November 9, 2009
Barack Obama
Double federal funding for basic science research over 10 years
Obama falls short on basic research funding goal
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December 12, 2016
Barack Obama
Expand broadband’s reach
Expansion, but not yet to every community
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April 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer
Chopra confirmed as CTO
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July 28, 2009
Barack Obama
Safeguard the right to privacy
FCC limits broadband providers use of personal data
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November 18, 2016
Barack Obama
Toughen enforcement for Internet exploitation of children
Justice Department moves on a number of fronts
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January 10, 2013
Barack Obama
Encourage diversity in media ownership
Federal policy did nothing to boost diversity in media ownership
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November 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Make security part of new infrastructure design
A deliberate move toward “resilience” in infrastructure
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December 19, 2012
Barack Obama
Prevent corporate cyber-espionage
New laws, more money support this promise
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January 16, 2013
Barack Obama
Accelerate the development of new medicines, vaccines, and production capabilities
New center at NIH is taking up the challenge
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January 10, 2013
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