During the second 100 days of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the administration plans to focus on 10 new major areas that will provides graphical illustrations of the activity that will be underway across the United States. As a result of this accelerated pace of activity, over 600,000 jobs are expected to be created or saved by the Recovery Act in the second 100 days—four times the number created or saved in the first 100 days.

"We have a long way to go on our road to recovery but we are going the right way," said President Obama. "Our measure of progress is the progress the American people see in their own lives. And until that progress is steady and solid; we’re going to keep moving forward. We will not grow complacent or rest. Surely and steadily, we will turn this economy around."

The 10 targeted areas are:

• Enable 1,129 health centers in 50 states and eight territories to provide expanded service to approximately 300,000 patients—Department of Health and Human Services.
• Begin work on 107 national parks.
• Begin work on rehabilitation and improvement projects at 98 airports and over 1,500 highway locations.
• Fund 135,000 education jobs including teachers, principals and support staff.
• Begin improvements at 90 veterans medical centers across 38 states.
• Hire or keep approximately 5,000 law-enforcement officers.
• Start 200 new waste and water systems in rural areas.
• Begin or accelerate cleanup work at 20 (EPA) Superfund sites from the national priority list.
• Create 125,000 summer jobs for youth.
• Initiate 2,300 construction and rehabilitation projects at 359 military facilities.

> Maps detailing the activity in the second 100 days of the Recovery Act can be found on WhiteHouse.gov/Recovery. This is a new webpage that provides snapshots of Recovery Act dollars at work, the latest Recovery news and opportunities for visitors to share their Recovery stories through comments, photos and videos. Recovery.gov remains the go-to site for tracking Recovery Act spending.

Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law on Feb. 17. In the just over 100 days since it was enacted, over 150,000 jobs have been created or saved and over $135 billion has been obligated to programs and projects.