First Citizens' Update Published

The Commonwealth's first Citizens' Update on the impact and progress of ARRA funding here in Massachusetts has been published. The federal recovery program requires unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability in the use of funds, and Governor Patrick's administration has committed to going above and beyond federal requirements. This Update is part of that effort. The Update is available for download in Word format or may be viewed in HTML on our webpage.

Your Recovery Dollars at Work

Stimulus Funds for Broadband Mapping

This week, Governor Patrick announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded Massachusetts $2 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help map out the availability of broadband internet access in the state. Learn more about the Stimulus Broadband Mapping Award.

Helping Massachusetts Businesses Compete for Stimulus Funds

The Patrick-Murray Administration announced this week that it will partner with the Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation (CDFC) to help small, minority- and women-owned businesses and contractors bid on and participate in federal stimulus-funded construction projects. Learn more about the Partnership.

Track Recovery Progress

We post our news and updates to Twitter from MassRecovery. Our newsfeeds are also available for subscription via an RSS Reader.

Use our interactive Massachusetts Recovery Timeline to track announcements and other information related to Massachusetts Recovery. The timeline features updates on our progress in investing Federal Stimulus funds across the Commonwealth.

Funding areas include infrastructure investments; state and local budgetary relief for education, health care, public safety and other programs; support for countercyclical programs such as unemployment insurance, food stamps and workforce training; tax breaks; and other areas such as NIH research and NEA grants. Learn where the federal stimulus money is going >>