WYOMING
wyoming.gov/recovery
As of October 13, 2009:
| Agency Reported Data: | | Rank: |
| Funds Announced | $636,555,208 | 52 |
| Funds Available | $530,278,098 | 52 |
| Funds Paid Out | $127,947,420 | 52 |
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| Recipient Reported Data: | | Rank: |
| Number of Awards | 25 | 46 |
| Funds Awarded | $18,376,036 | 49 |
| Funds Awarded Per Capita | $35 | 25 |
| Funds Received | $585,123 | 49 |
| Jobs Created / Saved | 61 | 49 |
| Unemployment Rate | 6.8 | 42 |
Notes: All Rankings are from Highest to Lowest. For example, a ranking of 15 for “Funds Announced” means that the state had the 15th highest amount offunds announced. A ranking of 15 for the unemployment rate means that this state has the 15th highest unemployment rate.
Terms defined by http://www.recovery.gov/
Recipient Reported Data: These data are based on data submitted by federal contract recipients to www.federalreporting.gov between Oct. 1 and Oct. 10, 2009. On Oct. 30, 2009, the final recipient federal contract data and the final data on grants and loans will be available.It is collected and updated quarterly.
Agency Reported Data: These data are based on weekly Financial and Activity Reports filed by federal agencies receiving Recovery Act Funds.
Funds Announced: Funds that have been publicly announced as available to entities outside of the federal government. Not all available funds are announced publicly. For example, the funds going to a project started prior to the Recovery Act that are commingled with the project’s Recovery funds will not be announced publicly before being made available to a recipient. The Funds Announced figure should not be viewed as the total funding that anagency has made available.
Funds Available (Obligation): The term used to describe when an agency informs the public of the release of money to recipients either immediately or in the future.
Funds Awarded: This is the amount of contract dollars that will be made available to recipients.
Funds Paid Out: Funds that have been released from a federal agency to a recipient.
Funds Received: The amount of money each recipient received from afederal award.
Recent Updates
April 16, 2009
In April, Gov. Freudenthal has stated budget cuts will begin in July, though the state has been in better financial straits than others have.
“The current informal estimate is that we will be required to reduce general fund expenditures by between $300 and 325 million dollars in the second year of this biennium, commencing July 1, 2009,” he said at a news conference on April 2, 2009.
“Remember that this is just the beginning of what’s going to be at least three years of difficult budgets.”
Gov. Freudenthal reassured the state that he is committed to keeping capital construction projects if possible in order to maintain and create jobs in Wyoming. He reports that construction and energy sectors reflect the largest job losses in the state.
Wyoming is the nation’s largest coal producing state, and the state will be paying special attention to dollars allocated for clean coal and carbon storage projects. Since energy prices have been unusually low in recent months, Wyoming’s budget crisis has been further complicated. Natural gas prices are less than one-third of what they were just a year ago, according to Gov. Freudenthal’s office.
In addition to budget cuts, Gov. Freudenthal has issued Executive Order 2009-3 which restricts state government hiring and orders agencies to limit non-essential spending. State agencies will not be allowed to fill vacant positions, except in areas dealing with public health and safety, and promotions are to be curbed. The governor exempted community colleges, the University of Wyoming and the Judicial Department.
March 20, 2009
A list of contact inforamtion and ARRA funding-eligilbe projects is now available on the state's recovery Web site.
Gov. Freudenthal has stated that Wyoming could qualify for as much as $515 to $517 million under ARRA, but has warned that his office won't apply for money if taking it would commit the state to programs or policies it doesn't want to pursue or would be unable to sustain in the future. The governor has also told state agencies to make plans for a 5 to 10 percent cut in funding during the next fiscal year.