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Recovery.gov to Redesign, Upgrade Transparency

"Recovery.gov 2.0 will use innovative and interactive technologies to help taxpayers see where their dollars are being spent."

The U.S. General Services Administration today announced a $9.5 million contract award to Smartronix Inc. for the redesign of the Recovery.gov Web site.

"Recovery.gov 2.0 will use innovative and interactive technologies to help taxpayers see where their dollars are being spent," said James A. Williams, commissioner of GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.  "Armed with easy access to this information, taxpayers can make government more accountable for its decisions." 

In April, federal CIO Vivek Kundra asked the public to participate in an online forum that solicited ideas for improving the Web site.

Recovery.gov was launched in February to track expenditures from the nation's $787 billion economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But some lawmakers said they were unsatisfied with the design of Recovery.gov and the information it presented.

In June, the federal government submitted a request for information for redesigning Recovery.gov. The Recovery Board in charge of the Web site wants the redesign to be finished by mid-October. The deadline for states to report Recovery Act spending to the federal Office of Management and Budget is Oct. 10. That reporting data eventually will be integrated in Recovery.gov.

Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.