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The White House is the official home and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. Built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style, it has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the home in 1801, he, with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades which were meant to conceal stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by British troops, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior walls. Reconstruction began almost immediately and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Due to crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had nearly all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing, and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved and the section was expanded. The third floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; both new wings were connected by Jefferson's colonnades. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946 creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. The interior rooms were completely dismantled, resulting in the construction of a new internal load-bearing steel framework and the reassembly of the interior rooms.

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Today, the White House Complex includes the Executive Residence, as well as East and West Wings. The White House is made up of six stories: the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. As the Executive Office of the President of the United States, the term "White House" is regularly used as a metonym for a United States president's administration. The property is owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park.

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  2. Cyber Security Report Highlights Progress, Future

    Explore Article eweek.com

    The White House released a progress report about efforts to secure the country's critical networks against cyber-at... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   Howard Schmidt   Brian Prince

  3. Federal CISOs worry they can't effectively secure cloud computing

    Explore Article Information Security Cloud Computing

    ...nvironment around cybersecurity initiatives from the Obama administration." At RSA Conference 2010, White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt, announced the declassification of the Comprehensive Natio... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   Department of Homeland Security   Howard Schmidt

  4. White House Updates Cybersecurity Orders

    Explore Article InformationWeek

    ...ere meant to protect," federal CIO Vivek Kundra said in a conference call with reporters and White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt. Agencies have been spending as much as $1,400 per page on... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Department of Homeland Security   Vivek Kundra   White House

  5. Real-time compliance, social networking and the cloud highlight RSA

    Explore Article searchcompliance.techtarget.com Cloud Computing , Security

    ...ps. The FBI is seeking more help from the private sector when it comes to reporting cybercrime. The White House declassified a Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative summary, revealing more information ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   RSA Conference   Intel Corp.

  6. Report: Federal cybersecurity plan facing barriers

    Explore Article scmagazineus.com

    ...nd anticipating future threats against federal executive branch information systems. Currently, the White House and federal agencies have made progress in their efforts to plan and coordinate CNCI activities, bu... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   GAO   Department of Homeland Security   White House

  7. Government Auditors Knock Federal Cybersecurity Plan

    Explore Article InformationWeek

    ...The new report, released by the Government Accountability Office last week, found that although the White House and federal agencies have made strides in planning and coordinating the 12-point program by creatin... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   GAO   Department of Homeland Security   White House

  8. Cloud Security, Cyberwar Dominate RSA Conference

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    Comment "Interesting Article on Cloud Computing conference. Thanks for sharing it here. By the way have you heard about Cloudslam 2010 ..." - Rose80

    ...oncern of business, but worry about the threat of cyberwar was also strong, with officials from the White House and FBI weighing in to encourage private participation in government efforts to defend information ... (Read Full Article)

    1 Comment Mentions:   White House   RSA Conference

  9. Cybersecurity Chief Confronts Google Attack, Cloud Security

    Explore Article InformationWeek Cloud Computing

    ...ecure cloud computing architectures and other issues. Schmidt didn't offer a timeframe for when the White House would introduce a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, but he hinted at where he might be looking ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vivek Kundra   White House   Howard Schmidt

  10. Top 10 Security Nightmares of the Decade

    Explore Article NetworkWorld.com Cloud Computing , Data Center

    ...ays been around, but in the summer of 2001 one aggressive worm threatened to shut down the official White House Website. Code Red, so named because the discoverer was drinking "Code Red" cola from Mountain Dew a... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   Yahoo   Microsoft

  11. Schmidt Tapped as White House Cybersecurity Coordinator

    Explore Article NetworkWorld.com Cloud Computing , Data Center

    ...on official told CSOonline.com Monday night that IT security veteran Howard Schmidt will be the new White House cybersecurity coordinator, a position President Obama created seven months ago. Seven months after ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   Critical Infrastructure Protection Board   Compuware

  12. Open Government's Challenges, Pitfalls, And Skeptics

    Explore Article InformationWeek

    ... priority. That it took so long to produce the marching orders doesn't bode well for the march. The White House says there are already signs of progress -- the growing number of data sets (118,000) available on ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   White House   Vivek Kundra   Obama

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