Stimulus website wins award despite early complaints

Recovery.gov, the federal website that shows how and where stimulus money is being spent around the country, received a Gold "ADDY" Award from the Ad Club of Metropolitan Washington.

Winning the local ADDY competition means Recovery.gov will go on to compete against winners from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware in the regional contest. The site, which cost $18 million to build, launched in September to track the spending of the $787 billion stimulus package. It's been criticized from the beginning-- first for its slow development, then for lack of information, and later for inaccurate information.