State of the Union Address
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From Wikipedia: The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress at the beginning of each calendar year in office. The message typically includes a budget message and an economic report of the nation, and also allows the President to propose a legislative agenda and national priorities. During most of the country's first century, the President primarily only submitted a written report to Congress. After 1913, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. President, began the regular practice of delivering the address to Congress in person as a way to rally support for the President's agenda. With the advent of radio and television, the address is now broadcast live across the country on many networks.
George Washington
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Library of Congress
January 8 1791
George Washington
Library of Congress
U.S. Senate
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Union">Wikipedia</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#a2_sec3" title="Constitution of the United States">U.S Senate [Article II, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution]</a>
Photograph
English
Communication
State of the Union, President, United States, US Congress, Budget, Economy
United States
Daniel W. Bell, Undersecretary of the Treasury, Washington D.C. 1939
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<p>Daniel W. Bell was an American career civil servant for 30 years when was appointed to political office. Born in Kinderhook, Illinois, he was acting director of the Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) from September 1, 1934 until April 14, 1939. He left the post to serve as Undersecretary of the Treasury, Washington D.C. He succeeded John W. Hanes. Hanes resigned in Jan in January to reenter private business.</p>
Bell negotiated with Colonel Kenneth Nichols for the transfer of silver from the West Point Depository to the Manhattan Project, to substitute for scarce copper in the electromagnets used in the electromagnetic separation process at the Y-12 National Security Complex; eventually about 14,700 tons of silver was used. Colonel Nichols initially said he needed six thousand tons of silver, but neither of them could convert the weight to troy ounces. When Nichols said, <em>what difference does it make how we express the quantity</em> Bell replied, <em>young man, you may think of silver in tons, but the Treasury will always think of silver in troy ounces. </em>
Harris & Ewing
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Library of Congress
1939
Library of Congress
Source: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009014577/"><strong>Library of Congress</strong></a> Catalog No. 2009014577
Link: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/hec.27879/"><strong>Library of Congress</strong></a>
Medium: Photograph.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/hec.27879/"><strong></strong></a>
English
Figures
Budget, Daniel W. Bell, Electromagnetism, Silver, Treasury, Undersecretary
Historic
Nani Coloretti - 2012 National Public Service Award Winner
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2012 National Public Service Award Winner: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Department of the Treasury, came to the Treasury Department following four years in San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office, initially as a policy advisor and then as the budget director for the final three years. While working in the Mayor’s office, she engaged stakeholders and leadership to create and implement San Francisco’s $6.5 billion annual budget, and developed programs and policies to carry out the Mayor’s priorities in several areas, such as health care and information technology.
Government Matters
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Government Matters
2017
Government Matters
Source: <a href="http://patimes.org/aspa-napa-announce-national-public-service-award-winners/">PA Times</a>. Retrieved May 15, 2015
<a href="https://govmatters.tv/priority-goals-at-the-department-of-housing-and-urban-development/">Government Matters</a>
Medium: Photograph
English
Figures
National Public Service, Awards, Nani Coloretti, Treasury, San Francisco, Budget
San Francisco
"My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 1)
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was the Interior Secretary's annual report to the President (Source: "Not So Free Air," Saturday Evening Post, Feb. 11, 1939)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">The penthouse studio for radio broadcasts on the roof of the Interior Building consisted of reception room, office, script writers' room, small and large studios, and sound control room. These actors are members of the cast for My Dear Mr. President, a play based upon the President's budget message [i.e Interior Secretary's annual report] presented in January 1939 through the channels of the national hookups</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Part of the Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Part 1- of the recording of the radio broadcast is presented in the attachment "Broadcast", which contains 14 of 16 segments of the broadcast. This represents pages 1-41 of the Script, which is also attached.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Source: The Library of Congress.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Note to Museum Visitor</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">The attached broadcast recording and the pre-air script are related to an article by Professor Mordecai Lee,<em><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Public Reporting in Public Administration, circa 1939: The Annual Report as Fictional Radio Stories.” </span></em>The article is forthcoming in Public Voices (2016) Volume XV Number 1.</span></p>
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Harris & Ewing Photographer
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Library of Congress
1939 January
Library of Congress
First photo: Members of the Cast 1939. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. <br /><br />Second photo: Members of the Cast for "My Dear Mr. President". Link: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009012588/">Library of Congress</a>.<br /><br />Gallery media: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dhj76sYjAivYTP4JBFyB5jUZ3n4aJy-M">Script - See pp. 1 to 41</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dhj76sYjAivYTP4JBFyB5jUZ3n4aJy-M">My Dear Mr. President Radio Broadcast</a>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Follow the link for free access to </span><a href="https://www.academia.edu/38537511/Storytelling_from_Public_Records_Finding_Empathy_in_the_Days_Following_the_2015_Unrest_in_Baltimore_City"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#c51b35;">Public Voices</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"> issues</span>
Medium: Photograph
English
Radio
Radio, Harold Ickes, Department of Interior, Public Reporting, Presidents, Interior Secretary, Budget
Historic
Where does my money go?
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“Where Does My Money Go?” was a web tool for the public to learn where governmental revenues come from and are used. Visitors to the city’s web site could select a revenue category and see where that type of income comes from and which services receive that income. Another web tool, the Dashboard allowed the public direct access to the budget, encumbrance and expenditure status of every program and line item in the city, updated daily.
City of Albany, Oregon
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City of Albany, Oregon
Current photo: 2020
Old photo: 2012
City of Albany, Oregon
Source: League of Oregon Cities (2012), 2011 LOC Awards Program. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.orcities.org/">http://www.orcities.org/</a>
City of Albany, Oregon (2012). Retrieved from <a href="https://www.cityofalbany.net/finance">http://www.cityofalbany.net/departments/finance/budget-information/where-does-my-money-go</a>
Medium: Photograph.
English
Webtool
Money, Web Tool, Revenues, Government, Income, Budget
Oregon