Federal Eye Archive: Tracking the Stimulus

Auditors raise doubts about stimulus numbers, but expect data will improve

Updated 6:33 p.m. ET Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program, but they also cautioned that erroneous mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency. Recovery...

Eye Opener: Notables tapped for B'casting Board

Updated 9:00 a.m. ET Happy Thursday! President Obama has tapped several well-known names to serve on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, including a few journalism veterans and a former Bush administration official. Obama has asked Aspen Institute President and...

GAO: clearer guidance needed for reporting stimulus funds

A government audit set for release Thursday urges the Obama administration to provide further guidance on how recipients of economic stimulus dollars should report jobs created with the funding. The administration has struggled to clearly define how to report new...

Stimulus mistakes corrected on Recovery.gov

Government officials on Wednesday corrected mistakes in the reports submitted by recipients of economic stimulus funding to Recovery.gov, the government's stimulus-tracking Web site. The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, which oversees the Web site, corrected mistakes that misled or confused...

Biden explains stimulus mistakes

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cJoe Biden Pt. 1www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis Vice President Joseph Biden blamed bad civics lessons for the recent reports of stimulus reporting errors during an appearance Tuesday...

Flawed stimulus numbers -- or a flawed promise to provide them?

By Alec MacGillis in The Post's 44 blog: Another day, another flurry of outrage over the jobs numbers claimed by the government for the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wisc.) released a blistering...

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Eye Opener: How the stimulus will hurt states, Ed O'Keefe , November 12, 2009

New stimulus reports to correct early errors, Ed O'Keefe , October 29, 2009

Eye Opener: What to watch with the stimulus, Ed O'Keefe , October 20, 2009

Recovery.gov Relaunched, Ed O'Keefe , September 28, 2009

Eye Opener: Cabinet Marks 200 Days of Stimulus, Ed O'Keefe , September 3, 2009

Stimulus Reports Could Cause Risk, Confusion, Ed O'Keefe , August 20, 2009

Eye Opener: Stimulus Reports Come Due, Ed O'Keefe , August 14, 2009

OMB Updates Stimulus Reporting Guidelines, Ed O'Keefe , June 23, 2009

Eye Opener: A 2nd Opinion on the Stimulus, Ed O'Keefe , June 16, 2009

Eye Opener: Different Recovery Web Sites, Ed O'Keefe , June 10, 2009

Cabinet's Stimulus To-Do List, Ed O'Keefe , June 8, 2009

Stimulus Package Hits Close to Home. Literally., Ed O'Keefe , May 27, 2009