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Recovery.gov - Track the Money

Recovery.gov is the U.S. government's official website that provides easy access to data
related to Recovery Act spending and allows for the reporting of potential fraud, waste, and abuse.




Recovery.gov Overview
  • Find out about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  • Find out about Recovery.gov
Fraud Waste and Abuse
  • What is fraud?
  • How can you help prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of Recovery funds?
  • How to report suspicious activity
Recipient Reporting Timeline
  • Learn when different data will appear on Recovery.gov
  • See what kind of information the data will contain
Highlights and Features
  • What you can do on Recovery.gov
  • What you can see on Recovery.gov
Who's Tracking Recovery Dollars
  • Meet the team looking into allegations of fraud, waste & abuse
  • See how they do it
How the Money Moves
  • What happens after Congress appropriates funds
  • How are recipients paid
Lights-On Map by Edward Tufte
  • Locations of Recovery awards light up chronologically
  • Conceived and designed by the expert known as "the da Vinci of data"
Track Recovery Spending with Real-Time Intelligence
  • Find out how Recovery.gov has become a leader in government transparency
  • Learn how to leverage data/information to better understand government-funded programs
Recipient Projects Map
  • Learn how to use the map
  • Find information about projects in your area
 

Recovery Related Videos from Federal Agencies

 
Voices of the Recovery Act
  • Meet someone employed by the Recovery Act
  • Learn about a Recovery highway project in New Hampshire
Source: Department of Transportation
Faces of the Recovery Act: Johnson Controls
  • Laid-off employees coming back to work
  • Michigan community could revitalize
Source: Department of Energy
Midewin Tall Grass Prairie Restoration
  • Restoring national prairies with Recovery Act funds
  • See how the work is done
Source: US Forest Service (USDA)
Community Wildfire Protection
  • Recovery Act funds help protect national forests
  • Meet men and women who fight forest fires
Source: US Forest Service (USDA)
Rehab of Private Home for Public Use
  • Recovery Act funds conversion of residence for Fish & Wildlife Service
  • See new office of Back Bay National Wildlife Reserve in Virginia
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (DOI)
Recovery Act Funds Brush Clearing Along Idaho Roads
  • Local business wins contract and hires subcontractors
  • Making roads safe
Source: US Forest Service (USDA)
Nevada Youths Get Jobs and Skills through Recovery Funding
  • Meet young adults helping to maintain U.S. Forest Service trails
  • Hear how they’re learning new skills
Source: US Forest Service (USDA)
Solar Energy Project to Turn Homes into Power Stations
  • Department of Energy Recovery funds underwrite experimental solar power technology
  • See how sunlight and water combine to make a new fuel
Source: Department of Energy (DOE)
Cleaning Up Parts of Historic Route 66
  • EPA Recovery project cleans groundwater contaminated by old leaking gasoline storage tanks
  • See renewal of grounds around abandoned filling stations along storied highway in Winslow, AZ
Source: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
DEMOLISHING THE LAST OF 24 RETIRED BUILDINGS AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB
  • A 34,000 square-foot building once used for researching nuclear rocket power comes down
  • Recovery Act funds help reduce footprint of LANL by 175,000 square feet
Source: Los Alamos National Labs (LANL)
REMEDIATING SOIL AND DEMOLISHING DERELICT BUILDINGS AT HANFORD SITE IN WASHINGTON
  • Recovery funds clear away debris and contaminated soil near K East Reactor
  • Reactor support facilities no longer in service are being taken down
Source: Department of Energy (DOE)
HELPING TO PRESERVE THE EVERGLADES HABITAT
  • $7 million of Recovery funds underwrite replacement of failing dams meant to hold back sea water
  • Threatened species to be protected by project
Source: Department of the Interior (DOI)
MODERNIZING AN AGING U.S. FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH CENTER
  • $1.2 million in Recovery funds covers renovation of 30-year-old building
  • Energy efficiency increased, water usage reduced
Source: US Forest Service (USDA)
Digging Up Leaking Gasoline Storage Tanks on Navajo Nation
  • Recovery funds help remove abandoned tanks from 1930s
  • Soil remediated and vital water supply protected
Source: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
New Water Supply Facility Replaces Community Well in Idaho
  • Five-million-gallon per day facility not vulnerable to area flooding
  • Occasionally brown-tinted tap water now runs clean
Source: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 
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