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This is the State of Nebraska’s portal for informing citizens about the use of federal stimulus funding received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This site provides accountability and transparency on how stimulus funds are being spent.
While Nebraska’s economy and the State’s budget have fared better than most states during 2009, the national economic downturn is impacting communities and residents across the state. We expect the federal funds received to be used primarily for programs that create and maintain jobs, support education, and provide human services and health care assistance to help vulnerable Nebraskans.
The stimulus plan involves more than 60 state-administered federally funded programs. I invite you to use this website to get information about these programs and track how funds coming to Nebraska are used. Information on the site will be updated regularly as funding is received and new projects are announced.
Thank you.
- Dave Heineman, Governor |
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| Allocation of Federal Funds: $1.6 billion* |
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How to Use this Website
The purpose of Recovery.Nebraska.gov is to list and describe all ARRA funding that is allocated to Nebraska, and especially to report expenditures of funds directly awarded to State government. It is not intended to emulate the federal government’s reporting methodology or the administrative costs associated with operating the federal website, Recovery.gov. Nebraska’s website organizes ARRA funding into three major categories: Infrastructure, Services, and Stabilization. The interactive bar graph to the left allows you to examine these categories and each federal program grouped under them. As new information is made available, web pages are added or updated to keep the public informed as quickly as possible. Please sign up for our RSS feed, which will make it easy for you to track all the updates as they occur. |
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STATE ACCOUNTABILITY
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Recovery.Nebraska.gov strives to identify all ARRA funding that comes to Nebraska, regardless of the entity receiving those funds. However, only federal grants awarded directly to Nebraska State government are definitively identified and thoroughly reported on this website. The ARRA Expenditures Report summarizes federal allocations, grants awarded, and expenditures of State government. It corresponds with the categories—Stabilization, Infrastructure, and Services—by which ARRA funding is organized on this website. The report will be updated monthly. |
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ARRA requires most recipients of federal grants to submit a quarterly Section 1512 Report (1512 is a reference to the section of the law requiring the report). The federal government primarily uses the report to identify total to-date expenditures, infrastructure-related expenditures, large payments to individual vendors, and the number of jobs created or retained. Several Nebraska state agencies individually receive ARRA grants and must submit a Section 1512 Report for each. All of these reports are then summarized into one document for view on this website. Note that only grants administered by State government are included in the summary; and some ARRA grants are not listed because they do not require a Section 1512 Report. |
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*Dollar values for program allocations and grant awards that are displayed on this website are primarily derived from information from the administering federal agencies. Estimates of projected federal distributions are used when the federal guidance or grant awards are still pending. Amounts, when estimated, are rounded to the nearest million. |
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