44, Day 30: A House Should Be a Home

An ongoing log of the daily activities of the 44th president of the United States during his first 100 days:

-President Obama unveiled his $75 billion housing plan in Mesa, Arizona. He picked the locale because Arizona and its cities have been among the hardest hit in the housing crisis. "The plan I'm announcing focuses on rescuing families who have played by the rules and acted responsibly," the president said. Details are on the White House site. Portfolio.com's Felix Salmon likes it.

-The president may not have many Republican supporters in Congress. But he does have a cheering section among GOP governors, not surprising given that the states are among the big beneficiaries of the $787 billion stimulus package.

-White House transparency watch: Was the administration reading our post yesterday when we pointed out that the new Recovery.gov seems light on specifics and had a whiff of propaganda about it? The White House today posted on its site a memo from Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budge, to key government officials about how they should track stimulus spending and how they should report it to the public. A good step.

by J. Jennings Moss

Sources: The White House, the New York Times, and more from the administration.