Web site begins collecting data from stimulus grant recipients - washingtonpost.com

As Obama administration officials traveled the country this week announcing the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars in new economic stimulus grants, a government Web site began accepting the spending and jobs data from grant recipients that will provide the first fact-based progress report about the economic recovery efforts.

By mid-October, the government plans to post information from stimulus money recipients online, allowing the public to review the data. President Obama promised unprecedented transparency as he built support for the stimulus package this year, saying that anyone would be able to track each dollar...