Iowa Accountability & Transparency Board

As part of the Culver-Judge Administration’s commitment to meeting all requirements of the ARRA and to keeping Iowans informed about how the ARRA funds are being used to improve Iowa’s economy, Governor Culver signed Executive Order #12 on April 14, 2009 creating the Iowa Accountability and Transparency Board (IATB). The Board will ensure Iowa meets or exceeds the accountability and transparency requirement of the ARRA and will make recommendations to the Governor as needed.

View the members list, schedule and other information

Specific duties include:

• Assess existing practices to prevent waste, fraud and abuse and to provide recommendations regarding opportunities to strengthen those practices.
• Coordinate with the Department of Management to provide input and information for the website recovery.iowa.gov, which will list projects and programs financed by ARRA funds, contract awards and the number of jobs created or preserved by these programs.
• Oversee on-time audits and reporting to determine whether wasteful spending, ineffective management or other abuses are occurring.
• Report suspected incidents of waste, fraud or abuse to the Office of the Governor.
• Oversee the web-based ARRA transparency “dashboard”.
• Monitor agency ARRA fund spending to ensure that Iowa continues to meet or exceed the accountability and transparency requirements of ARRA.

The IATB is made up of fourteen members:

Voting:
The Governor or designee
Three Citizens
State Auditor
State Treasurer
One city government representative
One county government representative
One council of government (COG) representative

Nonvoting:
Department of Management Director
Four members of the general assembly

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