Am Istill eligible for J! visa after a given a favorable recommendation for a year home residemce requirement?

You remain eligible to apply for another J-1 visa and that would be either approved or denied in the discretion of the American consular officer. At the interview, you may be questioned concerning what occurred with the previous J-1 visa and whether you overstayed. But neither obtaining a favorable recommendation to waive the two-year home residence requirement nor overstaying a J visa is an automatic bar against being issued another J-1 visa.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  

The foreign residency requirement waiver doesn't require you to be in the US, so it may have been approved after you left.  You need to find out if the waiver was approved.  If it was not, you won't be eligible to start a new J1 program without first completing your FRR.