Frequently Asked Questions concerning Mississippi Department of Transportation's
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 website.
What information does this site provide?
This site will provide information concerning MDOT projects which receive funding from ARRA. It will provide lists of those projects receiving ARRA funding and detailed information concerning each of these projects.
Where does this information come from?
This information comes from MDOT's project tracking systems and from MDOT's financial system.
Why are some numbers different from the federal Recovery.gov reporting site?
There are a couple of reasons why information on this site may be different from Recovery.gov.
Data on this site is updated weekly. Data on the Recovery.gov site is only updated quarterly. Local projects and State Aid projects are processed a little different. Local projects are contracted by a Local Public Association (LPA) and include entities such as cities or counties. State Aid projects are county projects administered by the State Aid Division. While MDOT oversees these projects, the city or county issues the actual contract and pays the contractor. The city or county then submits a reimbursement to MDOT and MDOT processes the reimbursement to obtain the federal monies. Depending on the timing of the reimbursement, monies paid to the contractor by the city or county may have been reported to Recovery.gov but not yet processed through MDOT's financial system.
What are the ARRA categories shown on the first page?
What is a 1512 report?
Section 1512 of the Recovery Act requires Award Recipients to file quarterly reports on the status of their ARRA grants including detailed information about the direct recipient and sub recipients, information about projects funded by the grant, and reports of direct jobs created and maintained.