http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Citizens_Briefing_Book_Final.pdf

Presents the leading ideas from citizens about what the Obama Administration should do. From 44,000 ideas submitted by 125,000 participants, these ideas received the most citizen "votes." Organized by nine broad categories: economy, education, energy & environment, foreign policy, health care, homeland security, service, technology, and veterans. From the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/

Provides several documents related to the budget proposed by the Obama Administration. Includes an Appendix with detailed budget figures by agency, a document on Terminations, Reductions, and Savings, and a map which shows effects of the budget for each state. From the Office of Management and Budget

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/15/Release-of-the-President-and-Vice-Presidents-Tax-Returns/

The president and his wife reported an adjusted gross income of $2.6 million and paid $855 thousand in federal income tax. From the White House.

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/printers/111th/IPres090316.pdf

Final corrected version of a Democractic majority staff report on the abuses of power under the presidency of George W. Bush. Includes sections on politicization of the Justice Department, assaults on individual liberties, misuse of executive authority, retribution against critics, and government secrecy. Includes 50 policy recommendations for curbing presidential abuses. From the House Judiciary Committee.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/obama/signing.html

Describes the limited circumstances under which President Obama reserves the right to issue a presidential signing statement concerning constitutional concerns about legislation passed by Congress and awaiting the presidential signature. From the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Removing-Barriers-to-Responsible-Scientific-Research-Involving-Human-Stem-Cells/

Text of the presidential executive order removing federal limitations on human embryonic and non-embryonic stem cell research. Strict limits on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells had been set in August 2001 by the Bush Administration. From the White House.

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/ppd/ppd-1.pdf

Presidential directive that organizes the National Security Council according to law and presidential preference. A presidential policy directive from the White House. Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12583

Calls for the president to lead the transformation of the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction programs from a Cold War orientation to one aimed at contemporary threats from terrorist groups that are more agile and adaptable than past enemies. From the National Research Council.

http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/ford-intel.pdf

Addresses basic questions of presidential power, congressional oversight of intelligence, covert action, domestic surveillance and many other issues that would still be matters of controversy during the Bush Administration. Originally prepared for President Ford with then Chief-of-Staff Dick Cheney's name on the cover, declassified in 2000, and posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R40238.pdf

Analyzes Executive Order 13489 of President Obama and how it departs from the policies of the Bush administration in providing access to presidential records. Also looks at how current legislation in the 111th Congress would affect presidential records policies of the Obama administration. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-Address-to-Joint-Session-of-Congress/

Prepared text of the speech delivered by President Obama before the Joint Session of Congress on February 24, 2009. From the White House.