By Susan Smith

The economic stimulus bill, H.R. 1, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” became Public Law 111-5 with President Barack Obama’s signature on Tuesday, February 17. According to an analysis conducted by MAPPS, the association of private firms in the remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems fields in the United States, the bill includes more than $73 billion in programs that will require geospatial data, technology, services and applications in at least 24 Federal agencies. Continue reading at GISCafe.