National Week of Making, 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]

[Presidential Documents]

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Vol. 81

Tuesday,

No. 119

June 21, 2016

Part IV

The President

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Proclamation 9463--National Week of Making, 2016

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Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 119 / Tuesday, June 21, 2016 /

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Title 3--

The President

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Proclamation 9463 of June 16, 2016

National Week of Making, 2016

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The same American spirit of innovation and

entrepreneurship that has steered our Nation through

the industrial and digital revolutions--and led our

people to explore the depths of the oceans and the

distant planets in our solar system--has enabled us to

reimagine our world through new ideas and discoveries.

Since our earliest days, makers, artists, and inventors

have driven our economy and transformed how we live by

taking risks, collaborating, and drawing on their

talents and imaginations to make our Nation more

dynamic and interconnected. During National Week of

Making, we recommit to sparking the creative confidence

of all Americans and to giving them the skills,

mentors, and resources they need to harness their

passion and tackle some of our planet's greatest

challenges.

nations to make our Nation more

dynamic and interconnected. During National Week of

Making, we recommit to sparking the creative confidence

of all Americans and to giving them the skills,

mentors, and resources they need to harness their

passion and tackle some of our planet's greatest

challenges.

Today, Americans of all ages have the ability to

connect and showcase their creativity through a growing

maker movement. Technologies like 3D printing and

desktop machine tools are rapidly lowering the costs of

production; additional sources of capital such as

crowdfunding are reducing barriers to getting started;

and the democratization of technology is empowering

more makers, helping to boost entrepreneurship and

stimulate American manufacturing. Over the last 6

years, we have added over 800,000 manufacturing jobs

and introduced next-generation manufacturing hubs. Just

as the personal computer and the Internet transformed

our Nation over the last several decades, these new

opportunities can inspire the next generation of

students, innovators, and entrepreneurs to carry

forward our legacy of ingenuity.

jobs

and introduced next-generation manufacturing hubs. Just

as the personal computer and the Internet transformed

our Nation over the last several decades, these new

opportunities can inspire the next generation of

students, innovators, and entrepreneurs to carry

forward our legacy of ingenuity.

In 2014, I launched the Nation of Makers initiative to

ensure more Americans of all ages and backgrounds have

greater opportunities to design, build, and

manufacture. My Administration is taking steps to

foster ``maker mindsets'' by promoting skills like

creative problem-solving, and to support the

development of collaborative maker spaces so aspiring

makers and manufacturers can turn their bold ideas into

realities. I am proud that so many people across our

country have already joined in this effort. Mayors have

hosted maker roundtables and town halls; Federal

agencies have worked with schools, libraries,

recreation centers, and museums to create maker spaces,

curricula, and tools to help students learn the design

process; and private businesses and other local

collaborators have empowered individuals with the

entrepreneurial resources and skills they need to

launch companies and sell their products.

recreation centers, and museums to create maker spaces,

curricula, and tools to help students learn the design

process; and private businesses and other local

collaborators have empowered individuals with the

entrepreneurial resources and skills they need to

launch companies and sell their products.

Together we must continue to expand opportunity for

generations to come by working to eliminate the digital

divide and reduce existing skill and confidence gaps.

We must prepare young people for the jobs of the future

by equipping them with the analytical skills needed to

solve problems and the computer science and hardware

development skills required to power our innovation

economy. It is critical that we support the types of

hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math

(STEM) learning experiences--in both formal and

informal environments--that students encounter through

making, which can help unlock their full potential and

ignite their enthusiasm for the careers of tomorrow.

That is why we are

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prioritizing investment in STEM teaching and active

learning, expanding access to rigorous STEM courses

like computer science, encouraging more opportunities

in communities of greatest need, and working to get

underrepresented students, including women and

minorities, involved to increase diversity in STEM

fields.

stment in STEM teaching and active

learning, expanding access to rigorous STEM courses

like computer science, encouraging more opportunities

in communities of greatest need, and working to get

underrepresented students, including women and

minorities, involved to increase diversity in STEM

fields.

Across our country, Americans are attending all types

of maker events and workshops--from studios in small

towns to the streets of our Nation's capital--to share

their incredible inventions and ideas with others and

to inspire all of us to join in the creative process.

As we celebrate the power of American ingenuity, I

invite communities to build on this progress by

encouraging citizens to be creators and by working

together to ensure that spaces for making are available

anywhere Americans live, work, play, and learn. This

week, let us turn today's sketches and dreams into

tomorrow's ``Made in America'' labels, and let us

embrace the audacious spirit of human curiosity that is

embedded in our DNA.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the

United States of America, by virtue of the authority

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, do hereby proclaim June 17 through June

23, 2016, as National Week of Making. I call upon all

Americans to observe this week with programs,

ceremonies, celebrations, and activities that encourage

a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share

their talents, solutions, and skills.

United States, do hereby proclaim June 17 through June

23, 2016, as National Week of Making. I call upon all

Americans to observe this week with programs,

ceremonies, celebrations, and activities that encourage

a new generation of makers and manufacturers to share

their talents, solutions, and skills.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord two

thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United

States of America the two hundred and fortieth.

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