Promise Posts – Page 9

Barack Obama

Strengthen federal environmental justice programs

EPA makes environmental justice high priority, but key settlement disappoints advocates | November 30, 2012

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Work with Latin American leaders to develop a hemispheric crime strategy

Lots of bilateral, regional accords, but not as much ‘hemispheric’ | November 26, 2012

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Urge China to stop manipulation of its currency value

Some diplomatic effort, but not much success | November 11, 2011

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Press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe

Progress on Sudan, Iran, Burma, but not so much in Zimbabwe | December 5, 2012

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Make White House communications public

Visitor logs are public, emails and phone calls are not | July 9, 2012

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Conduct regulatory agency business in public

President called for transparency, but agencies haven’t always followed through | July 10, 2012

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Expand Early Head Start and Head Start

Early learning programs grew, but not to promised size | September 27, 2012

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Double funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability

Increased funding for charter schools, but not doubled | September 12, 2016

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Support college credit initiatives

Funding increases had good starts but didn’t last | September 22, 2016

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Create Teacher Residency Programs that will send teachers to high-need schools

Recruitment numbers remain unclear … bring out the red pen | October 25, 2016

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Strengthen the State Department’s ability to respond to conflict

Stabilization efforts continue, but not “fully funded” | November 8, 2012

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Improve communications systems for first responders

$7 billion for broadband network on its way, but challenges persist | December 21, 2012

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Strengthen Proliferation Security Initiative aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction

Rhetorical support for WMD-prevention program, but progress hard to document | November 15, 2012

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Create a national cyber adviser to coordinate security of electronic infrastructure

Coordinator named, but does not report directly to the president | December 30, 2009

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Create loan sanctions to stop private creditors from lending to repressive regimes

White House has yet to implement new type of loan sanction | January 16, 2013

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Significantly increase funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

Funding for NED goes up, but not by much | December 22, 2009

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Restructure and streamline USAID

Obama better coordinates foreign aid, but restructuring stalls | December 27, 2012

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Increase the size of the foreign service

Hiring has increased, but not fast enough to keep up with demand | November 8, 2012

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Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors

Standards are there, but not always applied | November 8, 2012

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Restore the government’s ability to manage contracts by rebuilding our contract officer corps

Some progress, but much work remains | November 3, 2011

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