The Obama Administration has belatedly posted the text of the stimulus package, with the President signed earlier today.  You have the opportunity to review the law and submit comments, though the timing is lousy.  As suggested by an earlier post here, the Obama Administration is likely to stumble through its efforts to make government more available and accessible to the public.  While some think this an unrealistic project, I think the effort is worthwhile and should be encouraged.

As part of the law, there is now a website, recovery.gov, intended to track the progress of the law.  It’s unclear whether the Congress will have a similar online presence for the stimulus package, but I wouldn’t rule it out just yet.  The idea behind recovery.gov reflects another website tracking government spending, USASpending.gov, established by legislation sponsored by then-Senator Obama and Senator Coburn, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.  The goal of USA Spending is to track the spending of federal agencies online.  For instance, you can look at the National Science Foundation’s grants from 2000 to the present.  Hopefully recovery.gov can grow into something at least as sophisticated as USA Spending.