Stimulus Website Relaunched, Upgraded

Los Angeles Times:

Reporting from Washington - Since February, when the government launched a website, Recovery.gov, to provide a window on the federal stimulus package, critics have been calling for a makeover.

Now they have one.

The revamped website, unveiled today by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board at a cost of $9.5 million in stimulus funds, provides easier-to-use tools, such as a ZIP Code search that shows stimulus projects in local communities. The government has also opened a toll-free hot line (1-877-FWA-DESK) for reporting fraud, waste and abuse.

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Comments

[SWZRindependent]

02:19 PM on 09/29/2009

well, at a total cost of around 9.5 million, the website itself is at least one more item of wasted money ... I design websites for a living and there isn't a single website that should ever cost over a million dollars... are we back to the days of million dollar toilets and hammers or did those days ever fade away? so sad really...

[cdub1991]

01:49 AM on 09/29/2009

Somebody definitely earned their payday with this site. Very well done.

[ibsteve2u]

03:36 AM on 09/29/2009

Given it came "at a cost of $9.5 million", I'm glad you think so.

A payday like that for one website...well, I'd have fun roaming the country with my new "disposable income" putting up billboards featuring pointed politically-oriented limericks (or something - the key word being "pointed") about Republicans.

[VOTER]

09:30 AM on 09/29/2009

If only Blackwater had been monitored by someone.................anyone.

Oh, that's right, the organization was carefully monitored by the BushCo Gang.

In 2001, Blackwater had earned less than $1 million in government work.

By 2007, it was well over $1 BILLION.

[LeAnn Cammack]

10:40 PM on 09/28/2009

I just went there - fascinating. It's very easy to navigate and to do research on, and I think it should be a model for the states to use to show where their revenues are being spent.

Well done!

[bzb]

08:32 PM on 09/28/2009

Great website to track stimulus funds being spent.

[VOTER]

09:32 AM on 09/29/2009

I agree.

Appreciate the Fraud Notification on the site, too. Well done.

[VJKramer]

08:17 PM on 09/28/2009

You may or may not like where the money has gone, but you can see incredible detail when you key in any zip code at www.recovery.com. Wow!

[sueinmn]

10:46 PM on 09/28/2009

page not found. is it org maybe?

[crazylikeafox]

11:05 PM on 09/28/2009

.gov

[terragazelle60]

11:06 PM on 09/28/2009

dot gov.

[shellshock30]

07:30 PM on 09/28/2009

Say what you want but this is the sickest government website I've seen thus far......GREAT job Obama Admin.

[VOTER]

09:36 AM on 09/29/2009

Now, now G. W..

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