Claim: We reported yesterday that the federal government's Recovery.gov Web site, which purports to track jobs created or saved with stimulus money, was citing new jobs in nonexistent congressional districts. Today a new report from the Government Accountability Office brings news that phantom districts aren't the only problem. GAO found almost 4,000 reports that showed jobs created or saved but no money received or expended. Those reports represented more than 50,000 jobs. Recovery.gov's total job count is 640,329.
Fact-check: Recovery Stats Get Rougher - FactCheck.org
Verdict: we reported yesterday that the federal government's recovery.gov web site, which purports to track jobs created or saved with stimulus money, was citing new jobs in nonexistent congressional districts. today a new report from the government accountability office brings news that phantom districts aren't the only problem. gao found almost 4,000 reports that showed jobs created or saved but no money received or expended. those reports represented more than 50,000 jobs. recovery.gov's total job count is 640,329.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2009-11-19T23:30:50