Federal Agencies: Stimulus Priorities Come At Expense of Non-Stimulus Work
With all the attention paid to the stimulus-—to contractor waste and fraud, questionable job creation numbers, and inaccurate … more…
Senate Acknowledges Need for More Accountability on Stimulus
March 15: This post has been updated.
Not a big, flashy headline, but we thought it was worth noting:
Today the Senate … more…
Get Your State’s Recovery Data From ProPublica
If you’re on our data tools and reporting features e-mail list, you got a heads-up about this last night.
We’re … more…
Stimulus Spending Now at $314 Billion
The Obama administration has paid out $314 billion of the nearly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to … more…
Gov’t Wrongly Labels Some Stimulus Recipients ‘Losers’
Weeks Marine won a $5 million stimulus contract to dredge the Mississippi River Delta in Plaquemines Parish, La. The … more…
Jennifer LaFleur on Recovery Tracker 3.0
When ProPublica first launched our Recovery Tracker last summer, it proved to be an important resource for journalists and others … more…
Introducing Recovery Tracker 3.0: Look Up Stimulus Projects in Your County
We can’t get enough of stimulus data and we know you can’t either, so we’ve updated our Recovery Tracker and added some new … more…
Nearly 40 Percent of Stimulus Paid Out
The Obama administration has paid out $309 billion of the nearly $800 billion stimulus, according to the latest figures available … more…
ProPublica Stimulus Interviews
Feb. 18: This post has been updated.
If you have questions about the stimulus project, then we have several ways for you to quench … more…
Anniversary of Stimulus Met with Praise and Scorn
A year ago, Congress passed one of the biggest-ever attempts to spend the United States out of an economic maelstrom. The American … more…
Our New List of Stimulus Investigations
Feb. 17: This post has been corrected.
With the anniversary of the stimulus upon us, politicians are likely to bombard us with … more…
Michael Grabell Discusses the Stimulus
As the almost $800 billion Recovery and Reinvestment Act was being written last year, Michael Grabell and a team of ProPublica … more…
A Stimulus Birthday Present: Our Spending Speed Chart
Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (PDF), otherwise … more…
Stimulus Spending Hits $272 Billion—34 Percent of Total
The Obama administration has spent $179 billion in stimulus funds, according to the latest numbers from Recovery.gov. Combined … more…
One-Third of Stimulus Money Spent
The Obama administration has passed the one-third mark in getting last February’s stimulus dollars out the door, according to the … more…
After Months of Drought, Stimulus Obligations Bounce Back
After three months of shrinking obligations, the stimulus pipeline is beginning to fill up again. The latest numbers from … more…
When Do You Ban a Stimulus Contractor?
The Kentucky transportation department has awarded $24 million in stimulus contracts to companies associated with a road … more…
Stimulus Spending Hits $257 Billion, But the ‘Pipeline’ Is Still Emptying
According to the latest available numbers, the federal government has spent $257 billion of last February’s nearly $800 billion … more…
Help Us Keep an Eye on Stimulus Contractors
As we noted on Monday, the nonprofit investigative outlet California Watch has a new story out on how large corporations like … more…
Boeing Reaps Stimulus Millions to Clean Up Site It Was Fined for Polluting
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
One would think that the best candidate f … more…
March 05, 2010
Feds Slow to Dole Out Stim Money for Fla. Jobs Program Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times, March 05, 2010
February 24, 2010
Hiring Freezes Hamper Weatherization Plan Matthew L. Wald and Leslie Kaufman, New York Times, February 24, 2010
February 17, 2010
Stimulus Funds Going to Slashed Programs Matt Kelley, USA Today, February 17, 2010
February 03, 2010
Jobs Funding Set to Expire Before It Has a Chance to Work Tony Pugh, McClatchy, February 03, 2010
February 01, 2010
Stimulus Pours $54M Into No-Bid Wine Train Project Lance Williams, California Watch, February 01, 2010
January 11, 2010
Stimulus Funds Aid Company Fined for Pollution Will Evans, California Watch, January 11, 2010
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