Stimulated or not stimulated, according to a close scrutinization of the government's website, recovery.gov, not only has the stimulus created new jobs but also new congressional districts and possible a state... or two.
Government accountability and transparency were two of many things we as a people were promised when President Obama took office January of last year.
In Arizona's 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending, yet Arizona only has 8 congressional districts.
ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places are possibly misidentified with Puerto Rico being counted as a state, 52 entries can be noted in the state rankings section.
Officals with the Recovery Board have looked into the problem and claimed "human error" as the cause.
According to Ed Pound, Communications Director for the Board: "Some recipients clearly don't know what congressional district they live in, so they appear to be just throwing in any number. We expected all along that recipients would make mistakes on their congressional districts, on jobs numbers, on award amounts, and so on. Human beings make mistakes."
The discover however hasn't answered questions about the accounting for taxpayer money that may have been stolen.
Recovery.gov is a the public relations part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 intended to show the American public where their money is going, what jobs are being created, and where this is happening.
According to the Government Accountability Office reports their focus has been on the state level with recommendations made to the various overseeing federal agencies.
Written by Seamus Esparza
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