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.
1 Jack Craig claims that Fillmore âwas the first president to have a stepmother and installed the first library, bathtub and kitchen stove in the White House.â. 2  Fun Facts to Know About the White House Residents has an interesting mutation: âFranklin Pierce ordered the first bathtub for the White House.