Wisconsin stimulus projects were more like ‘trowel-ready’

By   /  March 28, 2013  /  Featured, News, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

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So much for “shovel-ready.”
A newly released audit by the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau again shows the biggest piece of federal stimulus funding going to programs and initiatives that literally have nothing to do with rebuilding the nation’s economy.

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KS: Stimulus spending transparency clouded by problematic paperwork

By   /  December 4, 2012  /  Featured, Federal Government, Finances, General Interest, Kansas, Kansas Government, News, State Government, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up  /  No Comments

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By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — Three years ago, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act injected hundreds of billions of dollars into the U.S. economy, pumping money into thousands of projects nationwide.
At the time, President Barack Obama pledged that not only would the infusion of public dollars help the country rebound from its worst [...]

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WI: Watching the watchers: Wisconsin Reporter review finds stimulus reporting errors

By   /  November 21, 2012  /  Accountability, Economy, Featured, Federal Government, News, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

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By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Remember the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009?
Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars pumped into thousands of projects — from massive road construction programs to money for an electric oyster shell dispersal cart to water safety mascot costumes. The idea was to resurrect an economy buried in a deep [...]

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More than three years on, billions in stimulus cash unused

By   /  November 5, 2012  /  Accountability, City Government, Economy, Featured, Federal Government, Missouri, New Jersey, News, State Government, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up, Tennessee, Transparency, Transparency, transportation, U.S. House, U.S. House of Represenatives, U.S. Senate  /  No Comments

FEDERAL STIMULUS: Some $5.2 billion in projects have not yet been started, according to Recovery.gov. But can the government's own website be trusted?

By Trent Seibert | Watchdog.org
NASHVILLE, Tenn.  — Two million dollars-plus to build a long-needed fire station in University City, Mo.
Nine hundred thousand dollars to install environmentally friendly fixtures in senior centers, police stations and a library in New Jersey’s capital city of Trenton.
One million dollars for the rural Tennessee town of Parsons to complete a [...]

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KS: Organizations fall short in reporting stimulus spending

By   /  October 3, 2012  /  Federal Government, Finances, General Interest, Kansas, News, Public records, Regulations, Stimulus, Stimulus Check-up  /  No Comments

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By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — Kansas agencies have been anything but perfect when it comes to submitting quarterly reports on how they’ve spent $2.6 billion in federal stimulus funds. With the end of the second quarter in July, funding recipients have missed a total of 26 reports since 2009.
The American Academy of Family [...]

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