Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
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The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board is an agency of the United States
federal government
, which manages the Recovery.gov website and oversees spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
. Recovery.gov is the U.S. government’s official website
that provides easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud
, waste
, and abuse
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Earl E. Devaney is chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Other members include:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
federal government
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...
, which manages the Recovery.gov website and oversees spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA and commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama.To...
. Recovery.gov is the U.S. government’s official website
Website
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that provides easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud
Fraud
In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation...
, waste
Waste
Waste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly...
, and abuse
Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, sexual assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime, or otherwise...
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Earl E. Devaney is chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Other members include:
- Richard L. SkinnerRichard L. SkinnerRichard L. Skinner is the current Department of Homeland Security Inspector General .He has served the U.S. Federal government since 1969, starting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.-External links:*...
, Vice Chairman - Phyllis K. Fong, Chairperson, U.S. Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)The Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency is statutorily established as an independent entity within the United States executive branch by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008) to address integrity, economy, and effectiveness issues that transcend individual Government...
- Gordon S. HeddellGordon S. HeddellGordon S. Heddell is the Inspector General ' of the United States Department of Defense. Previously, Heddell also served as Inspector General for the Department of Labor.-Early government experience:...
, Inspector GeneralOffice of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of DefenseThe Department of Defense Inspector General is an independent, objective agency that provides oversight related to the programs and operations of the Department of Defense...
, U.S. Department of DefenseUnited States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense is the U.S... - Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector GeneralInspector GeneralAn Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:...
of the U.S. Department of EnergyUnited States Department of EnergyThe United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
since 1998 - J. Russell George, TreasuryUnited States Department of the TreasuryThe Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue...
Inspector General for TaxTaxTo tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
Administration - Daniel Levinson, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States Department of Health and Human ServicesThe United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"...
- Glenn A. FineGlenn A. FineGlenn Alan Fine served as Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice from 2000 until January 2011. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2000...
, Inspector GeneralUnited States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector GeneralThe Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Justice is the Office of the Inspector General specific to the United States Department of Justice that is responsible for conducting nearly all of the investigations of DOJ employees and programs. The present Inspector General is Glenn A...
of the United States Department of JusticeUnited States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
since 2000 - Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General for the Department of TransportationOffice of Inspector General for the Department of TransportationThe Office of Inspector General for the Department of Transportation is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978...
- Eric ThorsonEric ThorsonEric M. Thorson is the Inspector General for the United States Treasury Department. He currently oversees the Troubled Asset Relief Program and has called oversight of this program "a mess".-Career:...
, Inspector General for the United States Treasury Department. He currently oversees the Troubled Asset Relief Program. - Kathleen S. Tighe, Inspector General for the Department of EducationUnited States Department of EducationThe United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
- Mary L. Kendall, Acting Inspector General for the United States Department of the InteriorUnited States Department of the InteriorThe United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...
Advisory Panel
Acting under the ARR Act, the President announced four appointees to the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel on March 5, 2010.- Steven Koch, a vice chairman and co-chairman of Credit SuisseCredit SuisseThe Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
's Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and acquisitionsMergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
Group, based in Chicago; - Chris Sale, vice president for development finance at CHF InternationalCHF InternationalCHF International is an international development and humanitarian aid organization that operates in approximately thirty countries per year. The non-profit organization was founded in 1952 as the Cooperative Housing Foundation and provided affordable housing for low-income families in rural and...
; - Malcolm Sparrow, professor of the Practice of Public ManagementPublic managementPublic management is a term that considers that government and non-profit administration resembles private-sector management in some important ways. As such, there are management tools appropriate in public and in private domains, tools that maximize efficiency and effectiveness...
at HarvardHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's Kennedy School of Government; - Edward TufteEdward TufteEdward Rolf Tufte is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization....
, professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
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