“Nearly 2,000 stimulus contractors have been awarded stimulus money for highway and bridge projects, U.S. Department of Transportation records show” reports ProPublica, the “independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.” Check out the Stimulus Contractor Database they have created.
ProPublica also reports that “more than 1,900 companies or branches of companies have been awarded stimulus transportation contracts around the country, with many more projects yet to be awarded. ” Read the story, and check out some of their other stimulus-tracking tools here.
Tags: Contractors, Contracts, Database, Department of Transportation, DOT, Interactive, ProPublica, Stimulus