The Nutmeg state has taken some instructive steps forward in showing the real value of the stimulus dollars it is spending.

Government hasn't been very good at answering the query: 'So what?' says Pennsylvania's accountability officer. But the state's stimulus website is trying to help address that very question.

The Recovery Act is training people for jobs in the so-called green workforce. Unfortunately, in some states at least, there aren’t enough jobs for the newly trained men and women.

A new GAO report makes it clear that the problems with the Department of Energy’s use of stimulus dollars are both abundant and a little scary.