Recovery.gov: Track the Money
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 required that a website be created to “foster greater accountability and transparency in the use of funds made available in this Act.” Recovery.gov went live on February 17, 2009, the day President Obama signed the Act into law.
The site’s primary mandate is to give taxpayers user-friendly tools to track Recovery funds — how and where they are spent— in the form of charts, graphs, and maps that provide national overviews down to specific zip codes.
In addition, the site offers the public an opportunity to report suspected fraud, waste, or abuse related to Recovery funding.
Recovery.gov is operated by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which was also created by the Recovery Act.