The big ticket stimulus projects keep emerging - to wit, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers’ $70 million fortification of the Mississippi River in Red Wing, as reported by my colleague Dave Shaffer. I’ve pretty much given up on the state’s official stimulus home page for a running list of where the money is going in Minnesota. The most recent news release is more than two months old. So is the “citizen summary” with estimated allocations for Minnesota.

Fortunately, plenty of interested people are setting up their own guides to stimulus spending. I learned today about a site set up by a coalition of groups, including OMB Watch and Common Cause, called States for a Transparent and Accountable Recovery. The Minnesota recovery page has links to individual agencies’ lists of projects. Here’s what this group had to say about the state of Minnesota’s stimulus site:

The site does not attempt to provide comprehensive stimulus-related information. One must go, for example, to the website of the Department of Transportation for a list of transportation stimulus projects. The Department of Employment and Economic Development site lists the areas where it has allocated funding to date. The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority has a list of ARRA infrastructure projects.

So what exactly is its purpose?

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