GIS can provide a tremendously effective framework not only for
monitoring and disseminating information about these
expenditures but also as a decision-making tool for prioritizing
and optimizing the execution of projects and programs. Work to
Be Done Economic stimulus is an aspect of an economic theory,
known as fiscal policy, developed by John Maynard Keynes in the
1930s. Fiscal policy advocates the use of government spending
and revenue collection to influence the state of a nation's
economy. In the absence of spending by individuals and
businesses, this theory posits that the government can increase
aggregate demand for goods and services by making up the
shortfall in private-sector spending through supplying stimulus
funding. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA) was based largely on proposals made by President Obama to
fulfill promises he made during the presidential election. The
wide-ranging provisions of ARRA are nominally worth $787 billion
and address both short- and long-term