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Where are Maryland’s Green Collar Jobs?
We recommend that you listen to Maryland Morning’s excellent report on the Recovery Act’s renewable energy impact in Maryland as well as the program delays that have slowed the start of green collar...
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Leaving Cash on the Table…
Indiana’s school system bowed out of Round Two of Race to the Top in late April. Why would a state walk away from a potentially huge education bonanza? We looked into the issue, and here’s what we...
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Cash for Clunkers: Measuring Performance
The GAO recently released a report reviewing the impact of Cash for Clunkers. Beyond good information about that program, this report impressively discusses general questions regarding stimulus...
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“The sheer depth of the crisis. . . .” Q&A with Paul Posner
Unlike all-too-many observers, Paul Posner hasn’t been looking at the stimulus act in isolation, but in a broader historical framework that we think is illuminating. His insight comes from first-hand...
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Things actually could be finer…in Carolina
Most states have had problems implementing the stimulus weatherization program in a timely way. But we’ve never heard of a string of bad luck and sorrow quite like North Carolina’s. Here’s the story,...
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ARRA Meets the Frontier
One challenge for any federal program is to try to make it work, more or less, for each of the 50 states, regardless of size, demographics, etc. The Recovery Act may be having troubles accomplishing...
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Smart Grids and the Stimulus
We’re always on the lookout for ARRA dollars spurring innovations that could change the way we live. On that note, we were thoroughly entertained by 10 Pretty Darn Interesting Stimulus-Funded Smart...
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ARRA on Cloud Nine
Yesterday, in his own blog entry, Recovery Board Chairman Earl E. Devaney announced that the Board has shucked its old fashioned computer infrastructure and moved to cloud computing, in which...
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Health IT: Puzzling Out the Meaning Behind “Meaningful Use”
One of ARRA’s long-term goals is to push America’s health care providers to use electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (health IT). The carrot that ARRA has in hand, of...
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Recovery Act Blog Index
The Implementation of the Recovery Act Blog has moved to a new address, as of May 10. Please visit us in our new location (http://www.businessofgovernment.org/blogs/implementation-of-the-recovery-act)...
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