New Recovery.gov Features to Include Job Search Function

By Elizabeth Newell

Among the new features to Recovery.gov to be unveiled Saturday will be a search function providing details on job opportunities across the country. According to Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board chairman Earl Devaney, the search will turn back job leads, employment tips and access to thousands of websites managed by stimulus fund recipients.

"This new search feature will help Americans narrow their job hunt," Devaney said. "Blue collar and white collar workers will benefit. Jobs are available in both the private and public sectors, including contractors, vendors, and state and local government agencies."

By way of example, he said a search for a backhoe operator or a systems programmer in a given state will direct the user to recipient websites with job openings in those fields, along with other employment information helpful to job seekers.

Other improvements include advanced search capability for awards made to stimulus fund recipients, simplification of the home page and enhanced map functions.