Stimulus Recipients Getting Their Paperwork In

By Elizabeth Newell

Senior Recovery Act official Ed DeSeve said Wednesday that, in the fourth quarter of 2009, over 98 percent of stimulus recipients that were required to file reports on how they spent the Recovery Act money did so. DeSeve said this was a 76 percent reduction in non-filers from the previous quarter and credited federal agencies for their efforts to reduce cases of non-filing.

A list of the recipients who have not filed their fourth quarter report has been delivered to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, no word on when it will be posted to Recovery.gov, but RAT Board spokesman Ed Pound says they're working on it.

"While we are pleased with the increased compliance, we are continuing to work with federal agencies to reach 100 percent participation and have asked both federal agencies and the Recovery Board to develop penalties for those who don't comply," DeSeve said.