Coalition for an Accountable Recovery Praises Timely Release of Recovery Act Recipient Reports; Criticizes Tools for Understanding Data
Washington, DC - The Coalition for an Accountable Recovery (CAR) gave mixed reactions to the first wave of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) recipient data disclosed today at Recovery.gov, the official reporting website.More...
It's always great to be the best at something, isn't it? Florida recently got spanked for coming last in spending federal stimulus dollars on transportation and infrastructure. In other words, we were number one in not spending federal ARRA dollars.More...
Members of the STAR Coalition are not the only ones worried about the quality of the data that will be made public next month when ARRA recipient reporting commences. A report issued last week by the Government Accountability Office also expresses significant concerns. The GAO writes on page 111:More...
Since Labor Day there has been a spate of new reports and other materials on Recovery Act issues. Here's a round-up of these new items, which are being added to our resources pages.More...
The $787 billion Recovery Act is designed to boost the entire economy, but a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that the stimulus is serving as a boon for low-income Americans.More...
Thanks to the federal stimulus bill, a new tax-exempt bond has hit the market: "Recovery Zone Facility Bonds" (RZFBs). And while that phrase might make your eyes glaze over, keep reading, because initial indicators of how these bonds might be allocated in New York City are cause for heightened alert.More...
