public sector. Definition. The part of the economy concerned with providing basic government services. The composition of the public sector varies by country, but in most countries the public sector includes such services as the police, military, public roads, public transit, primary education and healthcare for the poor.
Mr. Truman's Balcony. Irritated by the rejection of his West Wing expansion, in 1948, Truman decided to add a balcony to the South Portico at the second-floor level using money already allotted for White House maintenance.
President Clinton's Oval Office rugâdigitally reconstructed. (Clinton Birthplace Museum |. designed by Kaki Hockersmith) Prior to the construction of the temporary Executive Office building in 1902, the president worked out of the Residence, generally in what is now the Lincoln Bedroom.