• Special Highlight: White House Big Block of Cheese Day

Special Highlight: White House Big Block of Cheese Day

Today, with a nod to history (and maybe the TV show the West Wing), the White House is hosting the first-ever virtual "Big Block of Cheese Day," during which dozens of White House officials will take to social media for a day long 'open house' to answers questions from everyday Americans in real-time on Twitter,Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram and via Google+ Hangout.

So be sure to check out this complete schedule of engagement events for virtual "Big Block of Cheese Day."  You can start asking questions now using the hashtag #AsktheWH.

Virtual Big Block of Cheese Day: Schedule of events

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 From the road with President Obama: 

·         Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer - @Pfeiffer44

·         White House Press Secretary Jay Carney - @PressSec 

·         Assistant Press Secretary Matt Lehrich - @Lehrich44

·         Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett - @VJ44

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. ET: General Overview & #SOTU themes 

·         Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest - @JEarnest44

·         Director of the Office of Public Engagement Paulette Aniskoff - @PAniskoff44

 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. ET: Economic Opportunity & Mobility 

·         Deputy Communications Director Amy Brundage - @Brundage44

·         Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Betsey Stevenson - @CEABetsey

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. ET: Immigration & Latino Issues 

·         Director of Hispanic Media Katherine Vargas - @Vargas44

·         Deputy Director of Hispanic Media Antoinette Rangel - @LaCasaBlanca

 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. ET: Climate & Energy 

·         Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gina McCarthy - @GinaEPA

·         Special Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change - @Utech44

 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET:  STEM

·         Director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy Dr. John Holdren -@WhiteHouseOSTP

 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET:  Minimum Wage, Unemployment Insurance, Skills gap & Apprenticeships 

·         Secretary of Labor Tom Perez - @LaborSec

·         Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Betsey Stevenson - @CEABetsey

 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET:  State & Local issues 

·         Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew - @DavidAgnew44

 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET:  Foreign Policy

·         Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes - @Rhodes44 

·         National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden - @NSCPress 

 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET:  Health Care

·         Senior Communications Advisor Tara McGuinness - @HealthCareTara

·         Director of Progressive Media & Online Response Jesse Lee - @JesseCLee

·         Associate Communications Director Rachel Racusen - @Racusen44

 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. ET:  Rebuilding America's Infrastructure

·         Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx - @SecretaryFoxx

Facebook Q&A:

11:00 a.m. ET: The White House Facebook Page -- Economic Opportunity & Mobility 

·         Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman

3:30 p.m. ET: La Casa Blanca Facebook Page -- Immigration & Latino issues

·         Director of the Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Munoz

Google+ Hangout:

1:30 p.m. ET:  Education: "From Daycare to Diploma" with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan 

Joined by three of the extraordinary Americans who are joining the First Lady in her viewing box for this year’s State of the Union Address

·         Joey Hudy, Maker and Intel Intern 

·         Estiven Rodriguez, Student, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School 

·         Kathy Hollowell-Makle, 2013 DCPS Teacher of the Year 

·         Additional participants to represent Elementary/Middle School, High School and College.

Have a question about a topic not covered here? Additional Administration officials will be participating throughout the day so keep an eye out: 

First Lady Michelle Obama - @FLOTUS
Executive Director of Let's Move Sam Kass - @LetsMove
Director of Specialty Media Shine Inouye - @Inouye44
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley - @WhiteHouseCEQ
The White House Historical Association - @WhitehouseHstry
Communications Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy Rafael Lemaitre -@RafaelONDCP
Department of Agriculture - @USDA
Department of Commerce - @CommerceSec
Director of the Office of Personnel Management Katherine Archuleta - @OPMDirector
Office of Personnel Management - @USOPM
Office of the United States Trade Representative - @USTradeRep
Department of the Treasury - @USTreasury

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