Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Seal (USA)

The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board was an agency of the

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, which managed the Recovery.gov website and oversaw spending under the

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. Recovery.gov was the U.S. government’s official

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that provided easy access to data related to Recovery Act spending and allowed for the reporting of potential

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, and

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Members

The following served as members of the RAT Board. The board existed from February 23, 2009 to September 30, 2015. *

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, Inspector General of the

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(on leave from February 23, 2009) and Chair (until December 31, 2011) ** Mary Kendall, Acting Inspector General of the

(from February 23, 2009) *

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, Inspector General of the

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(until January 29, 2011) ** Cynthia Schnedar, Acting Inspector General of the

(from January 29, 2011) **

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, Inspector General of the

(from April 16, 2012) *

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, Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture * Gregory Friedman, Inspector General of the

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* J. Russell George,

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of the

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* Gordon S. Heddell, Inspector General of the

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(until December 23, 2011) ** Lynne Halbrooks, Acting Inspector General of the

(from December 23, 2011) ** Jon Rymer, Inspector General of the

(from September 17, 2013) *

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, Inspector General of the

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* Mary Mitchelson, Acting Inspector General of the

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(until March 17, 2010) ** Kathleen Tighe, Inspector General of the

(from March 17, 2010) and Chair (from December 31, 2011) * Calvin Scovel, Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and Vice Chair (from March 1, 2011) * Richard Skinner, Inspector General of the

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and Vice Chair (until March 1, 2011) ** Charles Edwards, Acting Inspector General of the

(from March 1, 2011) ** Carlton Mann, Acting Inspector General of the

(from December 17, 2014) ** John Roth, Inspector General of the

(from March 10, 2014) * Eric Thorson, Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury * Todd Zinser, Inspector General of the

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(until June 4, 2015) ** Morgan Kim, Inspector General of the

(from June 4, 2015)

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

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Group,Advisory Panel page
''recovery.gov''. Retrieved 2010-06-30. based in Chicago; *Chris Sale, vice president for development finance at CHF International; *Malcolm Sparrow, professor of the Practice of

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; *

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of political science, statistics, and computer science at

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Government Accountability and Transparency Board

The government announced a separate Government Accountability and Transparency Board in July 2011 with the below membership. * Dick Ginman, Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy and GAT Board Chair (from July 2012) *

, Inspector General of the

(on leave) and Acting Chair (until December 31, 2011) *

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* W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs * Allison Lerner, Inspector General of the

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, Inspector General of the

*Ellen Murray, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Financial Resources and Chief Financial Officer * Calvin Scovel, Inspector General of the Department of Transportation * Kathleen Tighe, Inspector General of the

* Daniel Werfel, Controller of the

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* David Williams, Inspector General of the

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and Vice Chair *

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References

External links

recovery.gov Web site
{{authority control Agencies of the United States government United States Inspectors General

Members

Advisory Panel

Government Accountability and Transparency Board

See also

References

External links