President Obama plans to put a freeze on White House salaries over $100K.
Obama also sent a messenger to Capitol Hill to brief them on the three executive orders he plans to sign tomorrow, sources tell ABC News.
Obama woke up in the White House for the first time and began a whirlwind day, having already set in motion Tuesday major policy changes for the new administration.
On his agenda for Day One, Obama summoned his economic advisers to hammer out details of an economic bailout and called in his top generals to give them new marching orders.
His staff was already putting into effect executive orders to usher in the Obama presidency, as well as his request that military hearings for terror suspects at the Guantanamo prison be suspended for 120 days.
ABC News has also learned that Obama will sign three executive orders tomorrow, including one to close Gitmo within a year.
But at a staff meeting to swear in top aides, Obama dropped a bombshell. He was freezing their salaries.
" During this period of economic emergency, families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington," Obama told the assembled staff.
He thanked the staff for accepting the restriction and said, "It's a mark of your commitment to public service."
The president said the salaries of everyone on the White House staff that exceeded $100,000 would be frozen. If the Obama White House pay structure is similar to that of the Bush White House, more than 100 staffers will have six-figure salaries.
Obama went on to spell out restrictions on lobbying after employees leave the White House and vowed that the federal government would be more willing to make information public. more
Obama also sent a messenger to Capitol Hill to brief them on the three executive orders he plans to sign tomorrow, sources tell ABC News.
Obama woke up in the White House for the first time and began a whirlwind day, having already set in motion Tuesday major policy changes for the new administration.
On his agenda for Day One, Obama summoned his economic advisers to hammer out details of an economic bailout and called in his top generals to give them new marching orders.
His staff was already putting into effect executive orders to usher in the Obama presidency, as well as his request that military hearings for terror suspects at the Guantanamo prison be suspended for 120 days.
ABC News has also learned that Obama will sign three executive orders tomorrow, including one to close Gitmo within a year.
But at a staff meeting to swear in top aides, Obama dropped a bombshell. He was freezing their salaries.
" During this period of economic emergency, families are tightening their belts, and so should Washington," Obama told the assembled staff.
He thanked the staff for accepting the restriction and said, "It's a mark of your commitment to public service."
The president said the salaries of everyone on the White House staff that exceeded $100,000 would be frozen. If the Obama White House pay structure is similar to that of the Bush White House, more than 100 staffers will have six-figure salaries.
Obama went on to spell out restrictions on lobbying after employees leave the White House and vowed that the federal government would be more willing to make information public. more
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