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As a firm that works with startups we are always keeping our eye on where investment dollars are coming from, but it doesn’t take an entrepreneural focus to recognize that a significant portion of the investment dollars in the next five years are going to be coming form the Federal government and the Recovery Act.
In this blog, we are highlighting the best resources we are aware of for identifying potential funding opportunities from the Federal Stimulus package. Enjoy…
A nice mapped out version of the Stimulus Strategy courtesy of Infographics (right click and download for a good image)
From a mapping point of view, the Hive Group puts out a very cool interactive Javascript map that allows to click your way through the stimulus plan, and to even filter by size and program cost. Very addicting.
Always good to start from the “official” source. Recovery.gov is the Federal Governments very original effort to be transparent with the spending of this huge sum of money. The site is a bit high level at the moment, but does allow you to drill down to individual state news about recovery efforts, and promises to be more detailed in the future. Definitely worth watching.
Note: There is a clever shadow site called www.recovery.org Not very in depth at the moment, and clearly a lead generator for its parent site Onvia, but worth a check as well.
This is the crowdsourcing approach to understanding and directing the spending. Individual projects which are seeking recovery funds are posted by individuals, and then rated by the public. This site, while not comprehensive, can be extremely informative about projects that will be competing (and potentially winning)recovery dollars. I wonder if any of the policy makers will take into account the ratings when making budgeting decisions?
With the tagline “Journalism in the Public Interest”, this site does a good job of pointing to recovery websites at the state level, and providing a bit of background detail on the states efforts rather than just links. Seems to be updated regularly.
The Center for American Progress
The CAP has a nice clean interactive map that breaks out the total dollars allocated by state (as a % of GSP or Gross State Product) and by program.
That’s right….in this day and age, Wikipedia is often the most comprehensive source of information out there. Check it out and decide for yourself, incredibly detailed information available here
If you want to search the actual scanned Recovery Bill, this is the link for you. Dynamic search capability for a scanned copy of the Recovery Bill for those of you who really like the detail.
