The Sacremento Bee has taken on the imposing task of mapping out the stimulus, project by project in the counties surrounding California's capital city. The Sacremento Area Council of Governments is meeting Thursday to consider a few more; the Bee will update the local project database as new projects come to light - and if current ones get scrapped from the wish list. Check them out here.

The database pinpoints $118 million in transportation projects, for now. The Federal Business Opportunities Web site is already listing over 260 projects up for bid around the country, and the state agencies we've tracked have suggested many, many more.

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Federal agencies and state legislatures are churning out plans to spread around stimulus funding that sometimes conflict with the versions on display when the bill passed. New Orleans education officials were surprised to learn that, instead of the $39 million Congress planned to send them for teaching disadvantaged students, they could receive $672,554, according to a Department of Education report (PDF). The earlier estimates used pre-Hurricane Katrina enrollment numbers, while the latest are based on the 2007 student population. Meanwhile, North Dakotans have seen their estimated share of the stimulus swell to more than $650 million as additional pots, like funds for Medicaid payments and water projects, are added to their bounty.

Some state governors, like South Carolina's Mark Sanford, a Republican, are trying to downsize their portions on purpose. A leading Democrat on the Hill, Jim Clyburn, also of South Carolina, inserted a provision into the stimulus bill that would allow state legislatures to bypass governors who oppose the funding. However, a new Congressional Research Service report says the constitution may favor the governors. The report says that provision may blur the separation of power between the branches of state governments, McClatchy reports.

Two western states, Nevada and California, have unveiled Web sites to deliver stimulus transparency, but both were pretty preliminary when we reviewed them Monday afternoon. They've been added to our running list of all state transparency sites.

By contrast, American Samoa, a tiny U.S. island territory that's home to around 65,000 people, appears well-poised to bare its projects to public scrutiny. The island's recovery site doesn’t yet feature a list of projects sought by Gov. Togiola T. A. Tulafono's administration, but a handful of projects suggested by individuals and the government's own Port Administration are described in pretty good detail.

The Samoa News has the scoop!

Check out our updated list.

This is the latest from our stimulus blog.

Shovels hit the ground Monday in the San Bernardino National Forest as California staked its claim to the first stimulus shovel. (As you prepare for that Trivial Pursuit game 20 years from now, dear reader, don't forget Tuscumbia, Mo. -- first stimulus project -- and Montgomery County, Md. -- first stimulus contract). Meanwhile, holdups like school bus routes are blunting shovels elsewhere.

The White House rejected a request by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford to use money intended for schools and public safety to pay down state debt. And Pennsylvania and Arizona released their list of transportation projects.

Thought Vice President Joe Biden was tough on state officials last week? Well, local officials will get their dose of Joe tomorrow as the White House holds a workshop on implementing the stimulus.

Project of the day: The Chisholm/Hibbing Airport in northern Minnesota will receive $4.4 million to repair a runway.