Source Form #25

Title:  Committee on Education and Labor Letter to Arne Duncan

 

http://republicans.edlabor.house.gov/Media/File/PDFs/022709duncanletter.pdf

 

Summary:  Howard P. McKeon, Senior Republican Member of the House of Representatives, writes to ask Secretary Duncan to begin holding meetings about how the nearly $100 billion from the stimulus packages is going to be allocated within ARRA and why such meetings would be beneficial.

 

Topic:  http://msaraceno.wordpress.com/question/

 

Category:  This is an institutional source.

 

 What is it?  This is a letter to Secretary Duncan provided online to be viewed.

 

Publication Information:  This letter was published on February 27, 2009.

 

Author:  Howard P. McKeon, Senior Republican Member of the House of Representatives. 

 

Location: http://republicans.edlabor.house.gov/Media/File/PDFs/022709duncanletter.pdf

 

Accessed:  March 2, 2009

 

Support:  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The source is a reference to what exactly this letter addresses and why the timeliness of writing could prove to be vital.

 

Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).  Sourced to provide a place of concern and why it is desired by this committee to receive information on more enhanced monitoring activities.

 

The two sources are just an addressing of topics pertaining to where questions are arising from and then the questions are asked in a–1, 2, 3… –format.

 

Audience and Agenda:  The intended audience of this letter is specifically Secretary Arne Duncan.  It is addressed to him and questions are pointed directly at him in regards to a response the committee is asking for.  This is government body to government body and thus remains a source of institutional significance as it is from a Republican member of government to a Democratic member of government.

 

Usefulness:  This letter provides insight into how the Republican members of government are responding to the money being allocated to education within the stimulus package.  This is the most money that has ever been given to a Education Secretary and thus the heavy hitting sentences throughout the letter are in-line with how radical this allotment of money is to the current members.  The usefulness is the opposition and seeing what the other party is resistant to do and how they are addressing their concerns.  The idea in this letter of having meetings for accountability of disbursements seems to echo that of President Obama in that it is calling for transparency.  I cannot yet find the response to this letter as perhaps it was never written but I am very interested in the resulting letter of Secretary Duncan towards McKeon and the committee.  That is the only thing missing from the letter.  However, the letter by itself is still a very important piece of the topic because knowing where republican members stand is important to getting a full spectrum relating to education funding.  The response to this letter is not available; however, an interpretation of what Duncan is going to do with this money is on his radio interview with NPR.

 

Works Cited: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2009/03/education-secretary-arne-duncan/

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