Today, as promised, the Recovery Board published the first round of recipient reports on Recovery.gov. As explained in our Watcher from yesterday, this first round is only the contracting information, which represents a small slice of total Recovery Act funding. The rest, in the form of grant and loan information, will be released on Oct. 30.

We'll have an indepth look at the data up later, but for now, enjoy browsing around the information that is on Recovery.gov. There is a map utility of the recipient reports, as well as a list of reports by state agency. And for additional background on today's release, check out the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery's website.