Tracking States’ Spending Trackers
This is the latest from our new Stimulus blog. Check out our posts, our charts, and more.
The states are promising transparency on stimulus spending. Here is a list of what sites are actually doing.
Some states, not all of which have special "recovery" homepages yet, are old hands at open government 2.0. We've included links to states' general transparency sites, many of which have details on contracts and expenditures.
We’ll keep the list updated as more states take the pledge. Also, we're considering adding a scoring system. (Think: "And for accountability and décor Missouri nails a 9.8!") Feel free to send us your suggestions.
This article is part of an ongoing investigation:
Officials have struggled to spend the nearly $800 billion stimulus package quickly and effectively.
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1 comments
Lv99 Slacker
March 5, 2009, 5:18 p.m.
Awesome. I was thinking of starting a Dkos journal to publish any and all local/national media reporting on stimulus expenditures that I can find. I just created an account today, so I won’t be able to start my journal (if I want to go forth with this idea. I’m still undecided) for a week as per site rules.
Good job, Mr. Weaver and to all ProPublica contributors. I found out about this site due to a guest speaker on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and I made a note to add the site to my Del.icio.us (currently 755 users are following this site) bookmark collection.
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