Feds can’t certify accuracy of stimulus reporting data

An investigation of the government site with reports from stimulus recipients shows that much of the information is not validated and contains numerous errors. -DB

Sunlight Foundation
Commentary
November 18, 2009
By Paul Blumenthal

Recovery.gov is supposed to be a transparency clearing house for information on the federal stimulus spending appropriated in the $787 billion American Recovery and [...]

Stimulus fund recipients post spending records online

Those awarded stimulus fund contracts are complying with government requirements to post the details of their expenditures online, so far submitting 112,000 reports to the data collection Web site. -DB
NextGov
October 14, 2009
By Aliya Sternstein
Stimulus fund recipients appear to be complying with requirements to report their spending activities online.
As of Wednesday recipients had submitted 112,000 spending [...]