After 200 Days, HHS Still Has About 65% of Its Stimulus Funding to Release

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News As of September 2009, about 200 days after the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) was enacted, federal agencies are disbursing stimulus funds, but the rate varies among the federal agencies from nearly 90% for the Railroad Retirement Board to 0.55% at NASA. The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has obligated itself to disburse $43.3 billion, more than 35% of its total ARRA allocation of $122 billion available for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Another 65% remains to be disbursed. Most federal agencies have spent less . . .