Tracking of Recovery Spending Garners National Coverage
Onvia’s unmatched visibility into Recovery Act spending has attracted coverage from many of the nation’s top TV and online media outlets over the past two years. Below is a sampling of what the press has been saying about the company and its tracking of government contracts at the state and local levels.
Construction Business Owner
"The Real Impact of the ARRA on the Construction Industry," July, 2011
Onvia's Henry Chou writes that construction companies should look to public-private partnerships as a way to bounce back from the Great Recession. More...
GovPro
"Keating Report on government budgets and spending, 2nd half 2011," June 23, 2011
Onvia's Henry Chou tells Government Product News that contractors should continue to pursue unawarded ARRA contracts in the coming months. More...
Area Development
"The Recovery Act: Is the Best Yet to Come?" March, 2011
Onvia's Henry Chou writes that upcoming ARRA spending on infrastructure projects should help generate the types of gains in private-sector jobs and global competitiveness that Recovery Act proponents had originally envisioned. More...
COVERAGE OF ONVIA'S 2011 GOVERNMENT MARKET OUTLOOK REPORT
Austin Business Journal
"Stimulus created 800K jobs, reports says," Jan. 4, 2011. More...
Constructech
"Infrastructure, Two Years Later," Jan. 3, 2011. More...
Procurement Leaders Network
"Stimulus measures drive down federal costs," Dec. 30, 2010. More...
Federal News Radio
"Onvia: 2011 strong year for contractors," Dec. 29, 2010. More...
Columbus Business Journal
"Report: Government spending to hold steady in 2011," Dec. 29, 2010. More...
Puget Sound Business Journal
"Government 2011 spending to be strong: Onvia," Dec. 28, 2010. More...
Manufacturing.net
"Government Contracts Still Flowing From Stimulus And Record Spending," Dec. 8, 2010
Onvia chief strategy officer Michael Balsam writes that "the public sector will be a source of private sector revenue for years to come," thanks to Recovery Act dollars that are still unspent and the government's nearly 50 percent share of the U.S. GDP. More...
KUHL AM 1440 
"The Andy Caldwell Show," November 30, 2010
Onvia's chief strategy officer, Michael Balsam, is interviewed about the future of the stimulus both nationally and in California.
guardian.co.uk
"Barack Obama's green stimulus plan fails to deliver the money," November 10, 2010
Onvia chief strategy officer Michael Balsam comments on the lag in contract awards for the Recovery Act's investments in green jobs. More...
Federal Computer Week
"Procurement experts weigh election results," November 3, 2010
Onvia's Michael Balsam offers his perspective on how stimulus spending should be approached following the mid-term elections. More...
FOX Business Network 
"Tracking the Tax Dollars," October 15, 2010
In this interview on "Countdown to Closing Bell," Onvia's Michael Balsam explains what the company's data reveal about the speed of stimulus spending. More...
CNBC
"Stimulating the Conflicts of Interest?" October 15, 2010
In this interview, Onvia's Michael Balsam looks at the progress and impact of stimulus spending to date. More...
FOX Business Network
"Investing in Stimulus," September 10, 2010
Onvia's Michael Balsam tells FOX Business' "Countdown to Closing Bell" why stimulus spending will continue to generate government contracting opportunities. More...
Better Roads Magazine
"Keep Following the Money" September 1, 2010
Onvia's Michael Balsam explains why road and highway contractors should continue to pursue stimulus projects in the months ahead. More...
The Virginian-Pilot
"Is the stimulus stimulating things in Hampton Roads?" July 11, 2010
Onvia's Michael Balsam comments on the pace at which Recovery Act allocations have been distributed and jobs have been created at the state level. More...
Federal News Radio
"ARRA funds lower unemployment, Onvia study shows," June 24, 2010
"The Federal Drive" talk show interviews Onvia’s Michael Balsam about the company's new analysis of how quickly stimulus dollars are being spent and how that impacts the unemployment rates at the state level. More...
GovPro
"Keating Report on government budgets and spending, 2nd half 2010," June 15, 2010
Onvia chief strategy officer Michael Balsam tells Government Product News that much of the stimulus-package spending should impact the economy at the local level during the second half of 2010 and into 2011. More...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Federal stimulus funds help community groups, nonprofits," June 6, 2010
Onvia's Michael Balsam discusses how the government leveraged existing contracts in the distribution of the stimulus package's grants and loans funding. More...
ForConstructionPros.com
"2010: The Year of Maximum Economic Stimulus Package Impact," May 20, 2010
In this podcast interview, Onvia chief strategy officer Michael Balsam addresses the outlook for Recovery Act spending in the rest of 2010. More...
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure
"Business: The evolution of government spending and its impact on infrastructure job creation," May 1, 2010
Onvia CEO Michael Pickett writes that 2010 should see a massive influx of Recovery Act dollars into the private sector, accompanied by fierce competition for government contracts, as the gBusiness marketplace begins to emerge. More...
ABCNews.com
"Stimulus Bucks to Start Flying," March 10, 2010
Onvia’s Michael Balsam tells ABCNews.com that the upcoming months could see some 900,000 jobs created as nearly $200 million in stimulus money finally makes its way to local economies and private-sector contractors. More...
FOX Business Network
"How Many Jobs Has the Stimulus Created," February 17, 2010
Citing data from Recovery.org, Onvia CEO Michael Pickett fields questions from FOX Business anchors about the actual number of private-sector jobs that have been generated so far by the stimulus package, as well as how many more jobs will likely be created in 2010. More...
CNN
"Stimulus created jobs, controversy, backlash," February 17, 2010
Onvia CEO Mike Pickett tells CNN’s Ed Hornick that by year’s end, the stimulus package should have created or saved about 1.6 million jobs nationwide. More...
GovPro
"2010 Keating Report on government budgets and spending," January 29, 2010
Onvia’s Michael Balsam reports to Government Product News that 2010’s stimulus-spending projects will include more long-term areas of investment such as health care and renewable energy. More...
ITBusinessEdge
"Government Stimulus Funds Begin to Flow in 2010," January 27, 2010
Onvia’s Michael Balsam tells writer Ann All to expect an increased emphasis on technology-related projects in upcoming stimulus spending. More...
Federal News Radio
"Contractors and competition highlight the ‘next economy,'" January 13, 2010
Onvia’s Michael Balsam talks with editor Suzanne Kubota about the company’s report, “The Next Economy: 2010 Government Market Outlook” (includes audio of the interview). More...
FederalTimes.com
"Industry sees opportunity in 2010 stimulus," January 12, 2010
Elise Castelli reports on Onvia’s 2010 government market outlook report, “The Next Economy,” which sets the stage for unprecedented government spending in the coming year. More...
Washington Times
"Hot Button: Stimulus Contracts," December 3, 2009
Onvia Senior VP Eric Gillespie explains that government reporting of stimulus spending and jobs-created data is lagging because the federal government doesn’t track spending all the way to the project and contract level. More...
Government Executive
"Contracts might not be getting enough credit for stimulus job creation," Dec. 2, 2009
Onvia Senior VP Eric Gillespie tells writer Robert Brodsky that many more government-contracting jobs have been generated by stimulus spending than the Obama Administration has estimated. More...
Washington Examiner
"Obama's recovery chief thinks Recovery.gov is a 'great success,' says data errors aren't important," November 17, 2009
Columnist Mark Tapscott cites Onvia’s Recovery.org as the site to consult “if you want accurate data about the stimulus program.” More...
ABCNews.com
"Obama Stimulus Job Count Under New Criticism," November 13, 2009
Onvia’s Michael Balsam offers an estimate for stimulus jobs created and saved to date that’s more than a third lower than the Administration’s estimate. More...
Federal News Radio
"The Stimulus and Job Creation: How the data speaks," November 2, 2009
"The Federal Drive" talk show interviews Onvia’s Michael Balsam on how to interpret the data presented on the government’s stimulus-tracking website, Recovery.gov. More...
National Public Radio
"Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com vs. Dot-Gov," September 23, 2009
NPR’s Martin Kaste interviews Onvia’s Eric Gillespie on how Recovery.gov compares with Onvia’s Recovery.org and how the two sites differ in the way they track and report on stimulus spending. More...
