Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stimulus. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Open Book New York

This website, from the New York State Comptroller, is an
effort to promote more openness in government and give taxpayers better access to the financial workings of government.

Taxpayers can track federal stimulus spending, state agency and local government spending, and state contracts. Click the picture below to see a chart showing how the stimulus money is being spent in New York.



Thursday, April 9, 2009

Recovery.org

Not to be confused with the official government site devoted to the same purpose, recovery.org, from Onvia,

was developed to bring unprecedented transparency and accountability to recovery spending and ensure that every business, regardless of size, has equal access to the projects associated with the recovery efforts. On this site you will find real-time data, maps, and graphs detailing the spending activity associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Onvia tracks "every dime" of spending by Federal, State and Local government agencies, and Recovery.org allows you to explore these activities in great detail by State, by Congressional District, and by Community.

It includes a pull-down menu that lets you look into projects in your city and state--currently, a number of cities in New York have applied for stimulus money for bridge and road improvement and rehabilitation projects.