Wednesday, February 18, 2009

White House Launches Recovery.gov to Track Stimulus Spending

Useful? TBD
We've added the site to our link list.
From the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire:
After weeks of touting the Web site initiative, the White House went live today with www.recovery.gov, which lets the public track how the $787 billion economic stimulus package is being spent.
“Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going,” the site states. “The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going — to which states, to which congressional districts, even to which Federal contractors. As soon as we are able to, we’ll display that information visually in maps, charts, and graphics.”>>>MORE