Girls in STEM, featuring young women scientists and engineers
who wowed the President and the nation at the White House
Science Fair in February, shines a spotlight on these
extraordinary young role models and their exciting projects --
ranging from a machine that detects buried landmines, to a
prosthetic hand device, to a lunchbox that uses UV light to kill
bacteria on food. http://www.whitehouse.gov/stem On March 11,
2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the
White House Council on Women and Girls. In his remarks at the
signing, the President underscored that the purpose of the
Council is "to ensure that each of the agencies in which they're
charged takes into account the needs of women and girls in the
policies they draft, the programs they create, the legislation
they support" and that the true purpose of our government is "to
ensure that in America, all things are still possible for all
people." The Energy Department's branch of the Council is
composed of employees from multiple program