Create a White House Office of Urban Policy and Appoint a Director of Urban Policy

Promise Honored President-elect Obama has kept the following promises:

"I will also appoint a new director of urban policy, who will cut through the disorganized bureaucracy that currently exists and report directly to me on how these efforts are going." — 7/18/07, Washington, D.C.

"Will create a White House Office of Urban Policy to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. The Director of Urban Policy will report directly to the president and coordinate all federal urban programs." — "Obama: Supporting Urban Prosperity"

Source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/UrbanFactSheet.pdf

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UPDATES:

Updated: February 19, 2009

Obama creates White House Office of Urban Policy, appoints director

During the campaign, President Obama often talked about working as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago and said it made him aware of the needs of big cities. He said he would create an office of urban policy to better coordinate federal programs that were spread in many federal agencies. He said the office would "develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs."

On Feb. 19, 2009, the White House announced the office had been created and named two people to oversee urban policy. Adolfo Carrion, who served two terms as Bronx Borough president in New York and one term as the president of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, was named director of urban affairs. The release said he will report directly to Obama.

Derek Douglas, who had been serving as the Washington liaison for New York Governor David A. Paterson, was named special assistant to the president for urban affairs.

Sources:

White House, President Barack Obama announces key White House posts, Feb. 19, 2009


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