Eye on the Stimulus

The Obama administration has spent $317 billion of last February’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to the latest numbers from Recovery.gov. The funds include $198 billion in spending and an estimated $119 billion in tax cuts, and represent just over 40 percent of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package.

You can track stimulus spending by agency on our interactive Stimulus Progress Bar. You can also see how fast that money is moving out the door, by checking out our Stimulus Speed Chart.

March 15: This post has been updated.

Not a big, flashy headline, but we thought it was worth noting:

Today the Senate unanimously voted to amend a jobs bill with new rules to strengthen the government's tracking and reporting of stimulus spending and its effectiveness. Sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, the new amendment requires federal agencies to assess and update current methods for tracking stimulus funds and to file quarterly reports for Congress and the public. Grant recipients that "knowing and consistently" fail to meet these requirements could face fines of up to $250,000.

If you're on our data tools and reporting features e-mail list, you got a heads-up about this last night.

We're making the data supporting our Recovery Tracker available to you upon request. Just fill out this form and we'll get you state data within 48 hours.

The Recovery Tracker includes all the data used on the government's stimulus Web site, Recovery.gov, and thousands of records the feds didn't include -- the law doesn't require all recipients to report to Recovery.gov. We also cleaned out the cobwebs. Altogether they're the most comprehensive publicly available analysis of stimulus spending.

The Obama administration has paid out $314 billion of the nearly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to our weekly breakdown. That figure, which includes $195 billion in spending and an estimated $119 billion in tax cuts, is just shy of 40 percent of the total stimulus package.

You can see more information on stimulus spending, including a breakdown of spending by agency, at our interactive Stimulus Progress Bar. You can also see how fast each agency is spending its money by checking out our Stimulus Speed Chart.