The cover of the April 7, 2012 issue of National Journal.
The Essential D.C. Toolbox: The days when trade-association executives could rely on a fat Rolodex are over. A whole new set of skills is needed. By Chris Frates
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks to employees at a celebration of Steve Jobs’ life. (PHOTO: APPLE)
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivers the keynote address at the 2011 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone Center on Monday in San Francisco. Jobs returned from sick leave to introduce Apple’s new iCloud storage system and the next versions of Apple’s iOS and Mac OS X. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Robert Gibbs Isn't Going to Facebook
ROBERT GIBBS isn’t going to Facebook. A friend says: “It blew up.” The deal - a potential goldmine when Facebook goes public — was originally described to us by Obamans as a chance for Gibbs to be “Mark Zuckerberg’s guy.” But when the Facebook side leaked precise details to NYT’s Andrew Ross Sorkin about the layers that would separate Gibbs from the top, it was pretty clear that Gibbs - who used to report to the president of the United States - wasn’t going. Gibbs’ defenders point out that Facebook has been trying to fill this job for a long time.
Furloughed White House Employee? If you use your BlackBerry, you may go to jail.
White House staffers face the threat of up to two years in jail if they use their work-issue BlackBerries during a government shutdown, sources told National Journal.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: President Obama sits alongside Barbara Miner, manager of the Intel Transmission Electron Microscope Lab, as he tours a semiconductor manufacturing facility at Intel in Hillsboro, Ore., on Friday. During the tour, Obama told photographers in the press pool: “Don’t bump my atoms here.” (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
