Relaunced Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Website Gets Mixed Reviews

The reworked Recovery.gov was launched on Sept. 28 with a new layout, new mapping features and more prominent displays of key spending data. The reviews are mixed. See OMB Watch's Craig Jennings post entitled Meet the New Recovery.gov ...(mostly) the same as the old Recovery.gov. (Although its mapping tools and download features are a welcome improvement, Recovery.gov’s federal agency spending data has flaws. It lacks reconciliation with data on other aggregate sites such as USASpending.gov; doesn't have details on noncompetitive contract spending; has gaps in data, and lacks searchability for the data in the downloadable data section), Retooled Recovery.gov site praised, panned from Federal Computer News and Recovery.gov Relaunch Maps Stimulus Spending, CBS News. [JH]