Recovery.gov

OMB Watch Appeals Recovery Act FOIA Decision

Sep 18, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

Back when the Recovery Board released the Recovery.gov redesign contract, many in the transparency community were upset at the extent to which the General Services Administration redacted the contract. While we certainly expected General Services Administration (GSA) - the agency which conducts most of the federal government's procurement - to redact proprietary information, the document had massive swaths blacked out, including such ridiculous sections as the number of peak users and one part titled "Introduction."

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Recovery Act Reporting: Data Quality vs Data Integrity

Aug 19, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

One of the important dynamics at play in the Recovery Act is the relationship between the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Both agencies have similar missions. Theoretically, OMB implements the Recovery Act, and the Recovery Board oversees the law's transparency provisions. But when the rubber hits the road, so to speak, on Recovery Act transparency policy issues, it is not always clear which agency is in charge.

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Ready, Set, Report

Aug 17, 2009 by Craig Jennings

FederalReporting.gov opened up for business today. Prime recipients and first-tier sub recipients of Recovery Act funds can now begin reporting on their use of those funds.

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Progress Reporting

Aug 5, 2009 by Craig Jennings


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Redactio Ad Absurdum

Aug 4, 2009 by Craig Jennings

We've been digging through $9.5 million Recovery.gov rewrite contract the Recovery Board has signed with Smartronix, Inc., and it is taking us surprisingly little time...because most of the information has been redacted.

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GSA Releases Recovery.gov Redesign Contract

Aug 3, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

At around 9pm last Friday, July 31, the General Services Administration, on behalf of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, released the contract for Recovery.gov's redesign. The contract with Smartronix, a Maryland-based firm, initially stirred some criticism for its large price tag, $18 million over several years. This caused some groups, such as OMB Watch, to call for the publication of the contract (see our letter to the Recovery Board here).

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Report Shows Most States Failing to Provide Recovery Act Information Online

Jul 29, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

While we here at OMB Watch have dedicated a great deal of time and effort to Recovery.gov, it's important to remember that the states themselves have Recovery Act websites. And it's just as important that these state websites are fully functioning, useful sites. Thankfully, Good Jobs First, an organization that is also part of the Coalition for An Accountable Recovery, just put out a great report today on this very subject, although it found that most state Recovery Act websites are in need of improvements.

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Has Something Funny* Happened on the Way to the Internet?

Jul 27, 2009 by Craig Jennings

UPDATE: It's up. On the evening of Friday, July 31, the contract was posted on Recovery.gov.

Despite GSA's and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board's "confirmation" that the $9.5 million contract with Smartronix, Inc. to implement Recovery.gov 2.0 would be posted online, we're still waiting to see it on Recovery.gov.

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Recovery Act Webinars Help Answer Recipient Reporting Questions

Jul 23, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

Are you a recipient of a portion of the $787 billion in Recovery Act funding? Still confused about how you're supposed to report on your use of this money? Never fear, the Office of Management and Budget has the situation under control with a new series of webinars, all of which are focused on the new recipient reporting model.

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New Recovery.gov Recipient Mapping Feature

Jul 16, 2009 by Sam Rosen-Amy

Hot on the heels of the newly-announced redesign, Recovery.gov today unveiled a new recipient mapping feature. The new map lets users zoom in and out on a map of the country, with each Recovery Act project represented as a dot on the map, and dot size varying based on the number of projects per location. The map also allows users to sort by state (or associated regions, as even the Federated States of Micronesia is on here for some reason), size of contract, grant, or loan, and agency.

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