Recovery.gov
by Craig Jennings, 2/17/2009
It's live.
The new stimulus spending website mandated by the recently-passed (and soon-to-be-signed) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now up and operational.
The site, while providing the broad outlines and text of the stimulus bill, is thin on details -- the diagram below is about as explicit as it gets. This is to be expected, as the money has yet to start flowing. However, when the checks start getting handed out like so many Krisp Kreme doughnuts on Sunday morning, we're expecting good, solid, and detailed data (as specified in the legislation).
* Tax Relief - includes $15 B for Infrastructure and Science, $61 B for Protecting the Vulnerable, $25 B for Education and Training and $22 B for Energy, so total funds are $126 B for Infrastructure and Science, $142 B for Protecting the Vulnerable, $78 B for Education and Training, and $65 B for Energy.
State and Local Fiscal Relief - Prevents state and local cuts to health and education programs and state and local tax increases.
