How the Money's Spent
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EPA's Office of Inspector General (IG) ensures that EPA economically and efficiently manages the funds it has received under the Recovery Act.
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Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
Recipients of EPA financial assistance agreements, including those issued under the Recovery Act, are required to seek and encouraged to use small, minority, and women-owned businesses ("disadvantaged business enterprises, or DBE's) for their procurement needs. Learn more about EPA's DBE program. EPA encourages DBEs to follow-up with Recovery Act financial assistance recipients to remain aware of procurement opportunities stemming from their Recovery Act funded projects.
Legislation
Summary (WhiteHouse.gov)
Full text (PDF) (407 pp., 1.1 MB) about PDF NOTE: Information about EPA's appropriations is located beginning on page 54 of the file.
Testimony on Recovery Act
Implementation
April 29, 2009 - Testimony of Administrator Jackson at the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The Recovery Act seeks in part to spur technological advances in science and health and to invest in environmental protection and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. EPA manages over $7 billion in projects and programs that will help achieve these goals, offers resources to help other agencies “green” a much larger set of Recovery investments, and administers environmental laws that will govern Recovery activities.
OMB issued guidance in June for federal agencies and recipients of Recovery Act funding on reporting requirements. To ensure the public and recipients receive as much information as possible on the reporting aspects of the Act, OMB held a series of webinars in late July.
Listen to audio files and view PDF presentation materials for these informative webinars.
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Learn more about our programs that issue grants, contracts or loans under the Recovery Act
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Recent Additions to This Site
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View an interactive state-by-state map of EPA investments under the Recovery Act
- Buy American Act information
- April 28, 2009 EPA Office of Water memo: Implementation of Buy American provisions of the Recovery Act (PDF) (16 pp, 569K, About PDF)
- National waivers for projects
- Slides from EPA Office of Water webcasts
- Agency process for required use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods (Section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; 2 CFR 176.140 and 176.160) (PDF) (12 pp., 87K, about PDF)
- April 28, 2009 EPA Office of Water memo: Implementation of Buy American provisions of the Recovery Act (PDF) (16 pp, 569K, About PDF)
- A new box on the right side of this page, "How the Money's Spent," features links to information about how Recovery Act funds administered by EPA are being used at various projects around the nation.
- EPA Recovery Act Plans: Learn what our Recovery Act dollars will buy, and how:
- we will ensure that funds are spent effectively,
- our projects will aid in the economic recovery and will benefit the environment,
- recipients will incorporate innovative technologies and environmental best practices into their projects, and
- we will ensure transparency and accountability as we spend the funds.