StimulusWatch.org

… is a volunteer Web site for tracking economic stimulus spending. An introductory email sent to the Open Government forum says the goal is “to chronicle and rate the thousands of ‘shovel-ready’ projects that will soon be eligible for stimulus funds”:

Stimulus Watch is based on the U.S. Conference of Mayors' catalog of projects. The mayors' report was issued to give Congress an estimate of how much it should appropriate for the various federal programs that will in turn disburse the funds to localities. …

The question now is, which of the mayors' proposed 10,000+ projects will the Obama agencies fund? Which are the critical ones? Although funding decisions are often done by formula, President Obama has promised to invest the stimulus money wisely, and not on projects with a low return. That is where our site comes in. It will gather local knowledge about these projects and will help keep the administration accountable about which projects they fund. Once funded I hope the site can keep local officials accountable on spending the money.

You can find projects by state or city, searching keywords or by the federal program under which the money was requested. Louisville, for example, has asked for $653,238,014 in projects, the site says. You can read more about StimulusWatch on the frequently asked questions page.