Web guide to the stimulus plan
Track state, federal spending under Obama’s $787 billion program

Msnbc.com queried all 50 states for home pages or database portals devoted specifically to the stimulus plan. The results are presented in the following state-by-state map, which links to each state’s official stimulus site, if it has one, or to the site maintained by the highest-ranking government office. The map also also includes a link tracking each state’s stimulus projects as compiled by Stimulus Watch, a nonprofit group organized by scholars at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

To compile the box of federal links, msnbc.com repeated the process for major programs and agencies in all 15 Cabinet departments. “Promo” pages are not included — only those agencies offering significant information or user interactivity are presented. Link here..............

Recovery.gov

This is the Federal Government Site for information on the Stimulus Plan.
http://www.recovery.gov/ .

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression. With much at stake, the Act provides for unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability so that you will be able to know how, when, and where your tax dollars are being spent. Spearheaded by a new Recovery Board, this Act contains built-in measures to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending. This website, Recovery.gov, will be the main vehicle to provide each and every citizen with the ability to monitor the progress of the recovery.

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Manufacturing data hints at quicker recovery 1/4/2010 ...more here.

Federal Contractor Certification

The Federal Contractor Certification is a training program for Veteran business owners intended to help these owners understand Federal contracting, respond intelligently to solicitations and perform successfully once they have won the contract. This is a joint project of the Center for Veterans Enterprise and the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) with the assistance of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU).

The program, when fully implemented, will consist of four levels of certification, each with a different color of logo to represent successful completion of that level. Each successive level is built upon completion of all previous levels, so a company displaying the gold logo will have completed all four levels of the certification. Full Story......

/The Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP)The (TIAP), sponsored by a coalition of public interest nonprofit groups, government agencies, and other organizations in the energy efficiency field, is designed to give consumers and businesses information they need to make use of the federal income tax incentives for energy efficient products and technologies passed by Congress as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and subsequently amended several times. Full Story.......

The Debt StoryLooking to bookmark reliable sites that show the U.S. government’s revenue and expenditures, deficit and debt. Check out the Congressional Budget Office for a wealth of information on the budget, including deficit forecasts for several years down the road. The Bureau of the Public Debt — part of the Treasury Dept. — is the best place to check the total outstanding debt, on a daily, and depressing, basis. If you’re into that sort of thing.