#  Tufte goes to Washington 

 





March 08, 2010

 

 

In case you have not heard, Edward Tufte [has been appointed](http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003e0&topic_id=1#) to the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel by President Obama. The mission statement of the Panel is:

> 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.

It is hard to imagine a better person for this panel than Tufte. As [Feltron](http://feltron.tumblr.com/post/434740604/im-doing-this-because-i-like-accountability-and) said, this is wonderful news for data nerds, designers, and the general public.

Posted by [Matt Blackwell](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/author/matt-blackwell/) at March 8, 2010 1:00 AM



 

 

 



 

 

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