{"id":1224,"date":"2015-03-03T20:01:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T20:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2015-03-04T17:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T17:57:30","slug":"stimulus-package-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/stimulus-package-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stimulus Package Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus shortly after he took office in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>But since the ink of his signature hit the bill, it has been surrounded with question marks.\u00a0 Where is the money going?\u00a0 What is it going to?<\/p>\n<p>Well many news agencies followed the trail, and reported excessive spending on programs not worth the time.\u00a0 Who should you believe?<\/p>\n<p>To watch the dollar signs, I have filed multiple FOIAs for the exact contracts related to stimulus spending.\u00a0 Below, you will find the documents that have been received, and you decide &#8212; is it worth OUR money?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>$18,000,000+ for the software to run Recovery.gov?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Note the amount of\u00a0blacked out information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/stimulus\/recoverygovcontract.pdf\">Documents regarding this contact, compliments of ProPublica\u00a0<\/a>[156 Pages, 15.5mb]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>$16,700,000+ for Canned Pork?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Contract Number AG3J14120297195<\/p>\n<p>Funding Amount $16,784,272<br \/>\nRecipient Name LAKESIDE FOODS INC<br \/>\nContracting Office Name AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE<br \/>\nDescription of Work\/Service performed: CANNED PORK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recovery.gov\/?q=content\/contracts-recipient-summary&amp;id=12-AG3J14120297195&amp;mode=details&amp;primeid=30\">Link to the Recovery.gov contract listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/stimulus\/cannedpork.pdf\">Documents obtained from the FDA regarding this contract\u00a0<\/a>[141 Pages, 8.8mb]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>$1,500,000+ for Cheese?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Contract Number AGDPDVVDOC02503<\/p>\n<p>Funding Amount $1,562,568<br \/>\nAgency Name Department of Agriculture<br \/>\nDescription of Work\/Service performed: MOZZARELLA CHEESE<br \/>\nRecipient Name MICELI DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/stimulus\/08-003-2009-000085.pdf\">Documents obtained from the USDA regarding this contract\u00a0<\/a>[290 Pages,6.9mb]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0$1,400,000+ to repair a door?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Contract Number: 0006<\/p>\n<p>Funding Amount: $1,444,100<br \/>\nProject Location: DYESS AFB<br \/>\nRecipient Name AFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC<br \/>\nDescription of Work\/Service performed: REPAIR DOOR BLDG 5112<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recovery.gov\/?q=content\/contracts-recipient-summary&amp;id=57-FA466106D0006&amp;mode=details&amp;primeid=1400\">Link to the Recovery.gov contract listing<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documents.theblackvault.com\/documents\/stimulus\/FA4661.pdf\">Documents obtained from Dyess Air Force Base regarding the above contract\u00a0<\/a>[60 Pages, 1.3mb]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama signed a $787 billion economic stimulus shortly after he took office in 2009. 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