Ex-Secret Service agent to oversee stimulus plan
US president Barack Obama will announce today that a former Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption at the Interior Department will oversee the US$787bn (€611.74 bn) economic stimulus plan.
Mr Obama is set to name Earl Devaney as chairman of the new Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, an administration official said. Vice President Joe Biden will also be given a role co-ordinating oversight of stimulus spending.
