Stimulus official: Can't certify job stats

Politico ^ | 11/18/09 | EAMON JAVERS

[Nachum]

The chief federal oversight official for the stimulus program said in a letter Wednesday that he can’t certify whether the number of jobs “created or saved” by stimulus funds is accurate.

Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney was responding to a request for information by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In a letter to Issa dated Nov. 17, Devaney wrote, “Your letter specifically asks if I am able to certify that the number of jobs reported as created/saved on Recovery.gov is accurate and auditable. No, I am not able to make this certification.”

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[bgill]

Devaney wrote, “Your letter specifically asks if I am able to certify that the number of jobs reported as created/saved on Recovery.gov is accurate and auditable. No, I am not able to make this certification.”

Dear Sir, are you able to certify who's pocket is getting lined with our tax dollars?

[Izzy Dunne]

That’s above his pay grade, I suppose.

[freekitty]

That’s because the stimulus is a private slush fund for the POTUs and Congress to pay bribes to each other.

[pepsionice]

Sounds to me like you can’t certify much of anything...unless you had reliable data....but you can’t find that...so you accept unacceptable data. These guys need to work for Wall Street banks.

[NotSoModerate]

Obama is an amateur communist. He hasn’t even learned how to certify false government reports yet.

Which means he drinks his own kool aid.

When will he realize what all old school communists learned a long time ago: communist economic policies kill growth, which is why the propaganda machine must always have access to fake government certified reports that claim expansive growth?!?

[Tupelo]

I don't see the “credibility” issue that Lord Obey mentions. The Federal Government has zero, zip, nada credibility in my eyes.

[Tupelo]

I don't see the “credibility” issue that Lord Obey mentions. The Federal Government has zero, zip, nada credibility in my eyes.

[mass55th]

"The chief federal oversight official for the stimulus program said in a letter Wednesday that he can’t certify whether the number of jobs “created or saved” by stimulus funds is accurate."

Then why the hell are we paying him?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Uh....that goes all the way to the top.