California Economic Recovery Portal Recovery.ca.gov was designed to provide you – the taxpayer – a one-stop Web site to track how Recovery Act funding is coming into and being used in California. The federal Recovery Act is meant to boost our economy and create jobs by modernizing our nation's infrastructure, enhancing energy independence, expanding educational opportunities, preserving and improving affordable health care, and providing tax relief. Obama's Federal Recovery Website US Dept of Labor - ARRA Website The U.S. Department of Labor has two key roles in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) effort: providing worker training for these jobs; and easing the burden of the recession on workers and employers by providing extended and expanded unemployment benefits and assisting and educating them regarding expanded access to continued health benefits.