Preparing for the Workplace of Tomorrow
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses the Recovery Act's accountability and transparency requirements.
October 21st - 1:00pm
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is an effort to jump start the economy, to help generate and save millions of jobs. It addresses long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act provides exceptional levels of transparency and accountability allowing taxpayers the ability to know how, when and where their tax dollars are being spent.
Short-term goals:
1. Creating and saving jobs
2. Spurring increased economic activities
Long-term goals:
1. Modernizing health care and infrastructure
2. Improving schools
3. Investing in clean energy technologies
Eleanor Holmes Norton is now in her tenth term as the Congresswoman for the District of Columbia. Named by President Jimmy Carter as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she came to Congress as a national figure who had been a civil rights and feminist leader.
Norton's work for full congressional voting representation and for full democracy for the people of the District of Columbia continues her lifelong struggle for universal human rights. Her success in writing bills and getting them enacted has made her one of the most effective legislative leaders in the House. She has the full vote in House committees and serves on the Committee on Homeland Security, the Government Reform Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Congresswoman Norton, who taught full time before being elected, continues as a tenured professor of law at Georgetown University, teaching a course there every year. She received her bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio and simultaneously earned her law degree and masters degree in American Studies from Yale
Clarence Crawford is the leader of the Deloitte Federal Financial Management Solutions Center. Formerly, he was the chief financial officer (CFO) of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In this role, Clarence oversaw OPM's retirement, health and life insurance trust funds, serving millions of federal employees and their families. He also chaired the Capital Investment Committee, served as a member of the federal government's Chief Financial Council and led the Improper Payments Subcommittee. Read more.
Deloitte Federal Financial Management Solutions Center
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