U.S. City Open Data Census
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Budget data shows how tax dollars are intended to be spent, and allows residents to compare policy plans against actual spending. For purposes of this Census, budget data should include the planned budget by unit of appropriation with a programmatic description of each unit of appropriation.
This category is about budgets which are plans for expenditure (not actual expenditure in the past). (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | No | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | Click the 'Get this Data on Socrata ' text where you can choose to download full data set as csv. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | I clicked on the 'Explore Operating Budget' button which took me to the graphic view visualizing the data. Exporting the data as a csv was slightly harder to locate but is available at the bottom right of the page under 'Get this Data on Socrata' |
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| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Bureau of the Budget and Management Research | https://budget.baltimorecity.gov/ |
| characteristics | Department, agency, or office, Category or expense, Description of that category or expense (may be in metadata or supporting documentation), Amount of money | |
| location | https://openbudget.baltimorecity.gov/#!/year/default - site provides a guided view through budget and provides a look at how funds are allocated. The charts, graphs, and tables are all interactive |