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established in 1956. Like the PFIAB, the advisory board was meant to pierce what Obama called the "insularity" of Washington decision-making processes. In announcing the board, Obama commented that "The walls of the echo chamber can sometimes keep out fresh voices and new ways of thinking – and those
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The board was renewed after its charter expired on February 6, 2011, with a new focus on economic competitiveness, with its name changing from The President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Volcker was replaced as head of the board by General
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Volcker was said to be disappointed in how the board was used as a public relations tool by the White House, saying that live broadcast of its meetings made honest discussion difficult. According to former U.S. Treasury deputy assistant secretary Joseph Engelhard, "They pretty much used him to look
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created on February 6, 2009. The board reported to Obama and his economic team on possible ways to improve the nation's economy. Obama announced this new board on November 26, 2008, and also announced that it would be chaired by former
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laureate in economics and a noted progressive columnist, has argued that, given the centrist makeup of Obama's economic inner circle, the new board could be used to "give progressive economists a voice." He mentioned
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as progressive economists who might be suitable for the board. Bernstein, however, was subsequently named to a full-time administration position as chief economist and economic policy adviser to Vice President
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press release, "The Board will be established initially for a two-year term, after which the President will make a determination on whether to continue its existence based on its continued necessity."
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A national investment initiative to boost jobs-creating inward investment in the United States, both from global firms headquartered elsewhere and from multinational corporations headquartered here;
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The council met a total of four times, with its final meeting on January 17, 2012. In 2013, the authorization for the council was not renewed, causing the council to be permanently shut down.
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The Council released an interim report with a series of recommendations in October 2011. The report included five major initiatives to increase employment while improving competitiveness:
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A comprehensive drive to ignite entrepreneurship and accelerate the number and scale of young, small businesses and high-growth firms that produce an outsized share of America's new jobs;
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Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt – Volcker is not a part of the reconstituted board and was not consulted about its new makeup. In August 2011, Jeffrey Immelt announced that
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The PERAB was intended to provide that ground-level sense, and Obama said that this mission was reflected in the board's diverse membership.
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Steps to ensure America has the talent in place to fill existing job openings as well as to boost future job creation.
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panel of non-governmental experts from business, labor, academia and elsewhere that President of the United States
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who serve in Washington don't always have a ground-level sense of which programs and policies are working."
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Ideas to simplify regulatory review and streamline project approvals to accelerate jobs and growth; and,
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The President and Mr. Volcker announced the board's membership on February 6, 2009. Members included:
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Measures to accelerate investment into job-rich projects in infrastructure and energy development;
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tough on regulation, and now they're done with him, they're saying goodbye."
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President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness-Interim Report-October 2011
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Index

ad hoc
Barack Obama
Federal Reserve
Paul Volcker
Austan Goolsbee
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Dwight Eisenhower
Paul Krugman
Nobel
James K. Galbraith
Larry Mishel
Economic Policy Institute
Dean Baker
Jared Bernstein
Joe Biden
Obama transition
Austan Goolsbee
The Daily Show
OMB
Peter Orszag
corporate welfare
General Electric
Jeff Immelt
General Electric
Ursula Burns
Xerox
Steve Case
Revolution LLC
Case Foundation
Kenneth Chenault

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