Smartronix Recognizes Launch of Recovery.gov 2.0
Hollywood, MD –
28 September 2009 – Smartronix is proud to announce
its support of the launch of Recovery.gov 2.0, a user friendly
and technologically advanced Web site committed to improving
government transparency to the American public.
As the prime contractor on Recovery.gov 2.0, Smartronix
assembled a skilled team of partners that rebuilt the site’s
information, network, and security architectures in only ten
weeks. Working closely with the Recovery Accountability and
Transparency Board, Smartronix will continue to refine and
improve the Web site over the next three years. Team Smartronix
is comprised of Synteractive, TMP Government, and KPMG, and the
Web site features technology from industry-leading vendors like
Microsoft, Cisco, F5, Business Objects, Amazon Web Services, and
ESRI.
"Recovery.gov 2.0 was developed to support the interests of
users ranging from the casual citizen observer to government
watchdogs, and as the site is updated with even more features,
these users will be pleased by the wealth of Federal spending
data that’s literally at their fingertips, and accessible in a
myriad of ways," says Smartronix CTO Robert Groat.
Significant advancements include the addition of geospatial
mapping and analysis capabilities, which let users explore
stimulus expenditures on a state, county, congressional
district, or zip code basis. "This new capability gives the
public a greater understanding of the expenditures in their
neighborhood. However, this required aggregating thousands of
Federal data points from multiple sources, and that was a major
challenge," says Groat. "That it was achieved in only ten weeks
is a huge accomplishment and is indicative of how rapidly the
Team can add new functionality."
Recovery.gov 2.0 not only provides an easy to use and
transparent way for people to track federal stimulus dollars,
but it also takes full advantage of next-generation web, cloud
and social media technologies.
