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Recovery.gov Blog: IG Details Lessons Learned On Energy Spending

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This is an installment in a series of columns that originally appeared at Recovery.gov about the ongoing efforts of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and its oversight of the $840 billion Recovery program.

The Department of Energy is a major player in the $840 billion economic stimulus program. Indeed, the Department has received more than $35 billion to support science, energy and environmental projects along with the authority to make or guarantee another $52 billion in energy-related loans. Put simply, that amount of funding makes the Energy Department one of the largest federal agency recipients of Recovery Act funds. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 8, 2012 at 2:53 PM

Recovery.gov Blog: Working Together Pays Rich Dividends

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This is an installment in a series of columns that originally appeared at Recovery.gov about the ongoing efforts of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and its oversight of the $840 billion Recovery program.

What makes for good government? Keep reading →

 /  Published March 29, 2012 at 10:11 AM

Final Words From Retiring Recovery Board Leader

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In this column, which originally appeared at Recovery.gov, Earl E. Devaney provides his outlook for the future in the weeks prior to his retirement Dec. 31. The final installment in a series of columns he wrote on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board was published in November. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.

In a few days, my 41-year career in government ends. Through this column, the Recovery Board has given me a platform from which to address the need for more transparency and accountability in government, an issue of great importance to all Americans. In this farewell column, I am providing a status report on our work and what might lie ahead. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 19, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Discrepancies Cause For Uniform Award ID System

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This is the final installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery program. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.

Having spent nearly four decades in the federal government before taking this job in February 2009, I thought I knew pretty much everything about how the government works. Keep reading →

 /  Published November 22, 2011 at 3:31 PM

Technology Key To Meeting Transparency Expectations

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This is the fourth installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the Recovery program.

Good government can mean a lot of different things to different people, but to the 13-member Recovery Board the idea pretty much boils down to this: Are we delivering the services that you, the taxpayers, expect us to
deliver? Keep reading →

 /  Published October 19, 2011 at 9:00 AM

Taxpayers Win With Recovery Data Reporting

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This is the third installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery program. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.

For openers, let me say it succinctly: Keep reading →

 /  Published September 9, 2011 at 1:15 PM

Zero-Tolerance Nets Recovery Data Taxpayers Deserve

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This is the second installment in a series of columns by Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney on the lessons he has learned from his work on the Recovery Board, which oversees the $787 billion Recovery program. The column originally appeared at Recovery.gov.

There’s nothing like a punch in the gut to get your attention. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 2, 2011 at 9:30 AM