That's very cool. I bet it took a bit of arm twisting as he seems like a pretty apolitical guy. But if there is someone out there who can wrap his head around something as complicated as the stimulus program and explain it in understandable terms, Tufte would seem like that guy.
Judah On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2010/03/president_obama_8.html > > President Obama Appoints Edward Tufte--Big Victory for Data Visualization > And Transparent Government > > Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on March 08, 2010 > > I just picked this up from my Twitter stream. Its quite an amazing > event. Edward > Tufte helping the American public see where their $787 > billion<http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_ei>in economic stimulus > tax money is going to help revive the US economy. > Turning to Tufte is a brilliant move by Obama and a big win for innovation. > > Here is what Tufte says: > > I will be serving on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. This Panel > advises The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, whose job is to > track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds: > > The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board was created by the > American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with two goals: > To provide transparency in relation to the use of Recovery-related funds. > To prevent and detect fraud, waste, and mismanagement. > Earl E. Devaney was appointed by President Obama to serve as chairman of the > Recovery Board. Twelve Inspectors General from various federal agencies > serve with Chairman Devaney. The Board issues quarterly and annual reports > to the President and Congress and, if necessary, flash reports on matters > that require immediate attention. In addition, the Board maintains the > Recovery.gov website so the American people can see how Recovery money is > being distributed by federal agencies and how the funds are being used by > the recipients. > > Mission statement: To promote accountability by coordinating and conducting > oversight of Recovery funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to foster > transparency on Recovery spending by providing the public with accurate, > user-friendly information. > > > Im doing this because I like accountability and transparency, and I believe > in public service. And it is the complete opposite of everything else I do. > Maybe Ill learn something. The practical consequence is that I will > probably go to Washington several days each month, in addition to whatever > homework and phone meetings are necessary. > > We need more designers and design thinkers like Tufte in gove > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313076 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
