Putting America to Work (Recovery Act road-work sign)

An orange road-work sign: a diamond pictogram of a figure digging, beside the words 'Putting America to Work'. Made for projects paid for by the 2009 stimulus law, it credits the programme with a result in a virtue phrase and gives no count of jobs or dollars.

Date: March 23, 2009
Period: Contemporary
Made by: Federal Highway Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation), Recovery Act project signage
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Signs and banners
Issuer type: State
Regime: Obama Administration
Leader: Barack Obama
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: Economy and finance, Labor
Event: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Techniques: Glittering generalities
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work, FHWA design; Commons PD-USGov)
Design: Federal Highway Administration; vectorised by Wikimedia user Big guy 637; via Wikimedia Commons