by Eric Umansky, ProPublica 

Today, we’re launching ShovelWatch.org,the latest step in our joint project to track the stimulus with New York’s WNYC Radio and public radio show “The Takeaway.” WithShovelWatch.org you’ll be able to see all the stories we and our partners have done on the largest domestic spending bill in U.S. history. We’re also highlighting the best reporting from around the Web on the stimulus. (And yes, that’s just a start. We will also be recruiting you–our readers–to help the track the bill and its effects.)

Want to know more?  Here’s our press release.

Introducing ShovelWatch.org: Tracking the Stimulus From Bills to Building – ProPublica.

This was posted on the propublica site yesterday just in time for the new “stimulus accountability and transparency” we heard about this morning—>  financialstability.gov/

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages.

via Bloomberg.com: News.

The 30-year fixed rate jumped to 5.70%, and more volatility is expected as Senate debates the economic stimulus package.

via Mortgage rates rise to highest in six weeks – Feb. 5, 2009 .