http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/02/02/new-senate-stimulus-bill-recoverygov-out/The Senate has just posted the new version of the stimulus bill (Amendment 98 to HR 1), weighing in at well over 700 pages.
Most notable for us are the online disclosure requirements, which have changed from the House version, which required the creation of recovery.gov, with many specific requirements. Some of these changes are minor, and some aren’t. See the end of this post for versions from each bill.
Most obviously, the requirement that the site be named “Recovery.gov” has been removed. I can see at least two explanations for this. First, recovery.gov has a sort of promotional ring to it, which some have objected to. Second, it isn’t entirely clear that the best solution for stimulus disclosure is to have a well-branded stand-alone site. As long as the information is posted, and complete, and accessible (etc), then I’m not very concerned about what we call it.
link to the 700 page pdf can be found at the link above --
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