Almost 500 recipients of federal money from the American Recovering and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — President Obama’s $840 billion economic recovery program — failed to file required reports on what they’ve done with the tax dollars, according to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.

Recipients of the stimulus funds are required to submit quarterly reports on the status what they have been using the money for that they received from the government over the past few years.

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