Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Recover.gov

President Obama signed the stimulus bill into law yesterday. So, what's next? Well, today he launched http://www.recovery.gov, a site designed to give the average citizen a better understanding of the plan as well as provide some transparency. It's got a timeline and some video, as well as a FAQ. I was happy to see that it also links to the full bill.

In terms of technology, CNET is reporting today that the Act will provide $7.2 billion for broadband roll-out. There are some issues with the way the act distributes some of the money, but I'm going to stay optimistic for now.

There's also a lot of money for new energy infrastructure that has the Saudis worried.

It'll be interesting to see how this develops over the next few months. I encourage you to check out the recovery.gov site and would be interested to hear your reactions to the Act overall

UPDATE: fixed the recovery.gov link

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