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The article lists several resources offering information on the U.S. government's economic stimulus program, including document GAO Report on the Recovery Act, September 2009, web site Recovery.gov, and news column Business Exchange (U.S. Economic Stimulus) in periodical "BusinessWeek."

The article reports that several large companies including Boeing Co., BP PLC and Rio Tinto Co. have secured millions in stimulus dollars despite previous pollution fines and alleged fraud. As stated, this is evident from the case of Boeing that acquired the contract to monitor a site it was previously fined for polluting. The Washington Post has reported that 1.2 billion dollars in stimulus funds had gone to companies in the Project on Government Oversight's contractor misconduct database.