Recovery.gov-What does it mean for your Municipality?
As you may know by now the federal government has been using www.recovery.gov to keep citizens informed about the spending of the federal stimulus dollars. But what is exactly on www.recovery.gov? The following will explain some of the features and highlights:
Once users reach www.recovery.gov they are greeted with a graphic that displays some of the featured programs and spending forecasts. Users can scroll through these featured stories to learn about how their tax dollars are being used. Also on the home page are a number of press releases about the latest available and spent funds, including a number of stories about recent education funding throughout the country.
To find out about funding opportunities a user can click on the Opportunities link at the top of the page. Here users can find links to recovery-related jobs, grants and business opportunities with the federal government. Towards the bottom of the Opportunities page users can find out what is happening in their own state. Users can visit a state’s recovery page to find out about local projects, available stimulus money and future grant opportunities. To access each state’s recovery web page visit this page.
The final section of www.recovery.gov that I would like to share with you today is the Investments page. Here users can view the general trends in stimulus spending and what sectors of the American economy are receiving stimulus funds. Users can also view spending by category, state or by agency. For state spending, users can click their state on the interactive map to view the federal stimulus dollars being spent.
Overall, www.recovery.gov, coupled with your state’s recovery website provide a good starting resource to local municipal leaders to learn about how federal stimulus dollars are being spent and about future funding and business opportunities. For more information visit your state’s recovery site to learn more about how your municipality can apply for future stimulus dollars.
