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.
John Adams the first person who lived in the White House. Another viewpoint. Technically Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to live in the White House, as he was the first president to actually refer to it as the White House in, 1901.