Energy Department watchdog notes woes with managing stimulus dollars - The Hill's E2-Wire

Energy Department watchdog notes woes with managing stimulus dollars - The Hill's E2-Wire:

By Darren Goode - 08/15/10 10:30 PM ET

"The IG reported Wednesday that DOE has given out about $2.7 billion of $3.2 billion in energy and conservation block grants provided in last year’s stimulus. But grant recipients had used only 8.4 percent of the total after more than a year.

Spending delays were “prevalent and widespread throughout the Program,” particularly by those receiving the largest grants of more than $2 million each, the report found."