Infographics: How Master Information Designer Edward Tufte Can Help Obama Govern

Late last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would be appointing a gentleman named Edward Tufte to the independent panel that advises the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (i.e., the team of inspectors general who track how stimulus funds are spent). It wasn't a particularly sexy announcement; no thrill went up Chris Matthews's leg or anything. But in its own quiet way, the news was heartening for anyone who believes that government can and should communicate more clearly with the American people-especially when it comes to the much derided (and misunderstood) Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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