As part of the stimulus bill, many states applied for funds through a new program designed to support the growth of high speed rail in…
State budgets are slowly beginning to bounce back despite few new sources of revenue according to two new reports from the National Conference of State…
Increased Medicaid enrollment and the end of Recovery Act funding are the leading challenges facing state governors and their budget officers as they look to…
Despite the scheduled end to many federally funded Recovery Act programs and projected budget gaps into the next two or three fiscal years, a report…
For many state governments, the slight gains in economic recovery seen at the national level will not be shared down the municipal line for months…
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced a new website last week, meant to shine “sunlight” on the state’s finances. Sunshine.Illinois.gov is the state’s first foray into…
According to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, recipients of 1,036 awards representing $583 million dollars in stimulus funds failed to submit reports for the…
Over $250 billion was allotted for state and local governments through federal grants and loans in the Recovery Act. Accenture’s Mark Howard discusses a recent…
The $787 billion funding streams created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in 2009 will end in 2012. Accenture’s Mark Howard…
Laying the groundwork and internal controls for Recovery Act spending may go down in the history books as an overnight affair. But for those states…
