On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) to stimulate the faltering economy and specifically to create or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years.  This large and complex $787 billion stimulus package provides $288 billion in tax relief, $144 billion in state and local fiscal relief, and $355 billion for federal social and spending programs.  Implementation of this package must be carried out by a myriad of Federal, State and local government entities on an extremely accelerated timetable and expenditure of funds will require an unprecedented degree of transparency and accountability.  To this end, this website is designed to provide the public with the ability to monitor the ongoing efforts by the City of San José to secure recovery funds as well as review how the City utilizes recovery dollars.