I wish his books were required reading at the high school level. but this is very good news. I imagine though that the Repugs are going to be gnashing their teeth, given their history of obfuscation.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:37 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:313084 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
