The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is designed to jumpstart our economy and transform it for the 21st century while creating and saving as many as 3.5 million jobs.

"Specifically, the Recovery Act gives 95% of American workers one of the fastest and broadest tax cuts in history and makes key investments in areas such as energy efficiency and renewable energy, science innovation, education, and transportation infrastructure to retain and create jobs while addressing some of the nation's greatest challenges."

» Learn more about the tax provisions in the Recovery Act. (PDF)
» Learn more about the key investments in the Recovery Act. (PDF)

"The Recovery Act includes unprecedented accountability measures like new state whistleblower protections, strong oversight, and a historic degree of public transparency."

Citizens can monitor the progress on the Recovery Act at www.recovery.gov, and in some cases key information about the implementation of the Recovery Act is available on the recovery websites of federal departments.

Additionally, the State of Indiana has created a recovery website at www.in.gov/gov/INvest.htm.

As the Recovery Act is implemented, there will be many funding opportunities for Northwest Indiana. I encourage those interested in pursuing funding to review the websites linked to above and to contact my office for assistance.