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Orszag: Interest in stimulus $$$ could overwhelm govt site

 

Published 3/11/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The high interest in receiving grant money from the White House’s $787 billion stimulus package has the potential to overwhelm www.grants.gov, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag said in memo issued Wednesday. In recent months, the Web site, the central online portal where the public can search and apply [...] (link)

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