Earl E. Devaney is chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which manages this
website and oversees spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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May 13, 2010
The Cloud
In my 15 months on the job, I have often said that the Recovery Board listens closely to the public and responds to its suggestions and concerns. Indeed, in recent weeks, members of the Board and staff have been in Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, the state of Washington and California taking the pulse of state and local officials and average Americans. It’s called getting outside the Beltway and not being confined to the thinking of official Washington.
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