March 2, 2009
Carson City - Governor Jim Gibbons today announced the formation of a special Stimulus Package Working Group to provide coordination regarding the technical details of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), informally called the Stimulus Package.
“The stimulus dollars must be used create jobs and kick-start the economic recovery,” Gibbons said, “These economic issues are so important and so complex, and the bill itself is equally complex. I want to make sure we have the technical input we need from the agencies that will primarily be overseeing stimulus funds.”
The Stimulus Package Working Group will be made of representatives from the Governor’s Office, the State Budget Office, the Department of Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), the Department of Education, the Nevada Department of Transportation, the Nevada System of Higher Education, the Department of Business and Industry’s Housing Division, the Governor’s Energy Office, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Nevada’s Washington D.C. Office. Representatives from the Legislative Counsel Bureau were invited to be part of the working group, but declined (see attached response).
