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The full text of municipal contracts with vendors, including the amount, awardee (name, address), and date awarded. The data should include if there have been changes to a contract, with information on the final payments as well as the initial contract award amount. Contracts should also be categorized according to the type of purchase and the purchasing department or agency. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Stated on Socrata "this dataset will be updated on a monthly basis." |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, RDF, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 3 | |
| findable_steps | Visited the open data portal for Baltimore City, Maryland after searching for "Baltimore MD open data" | |
| licence_url | https://www.baltimorecity.gov/node/2020 | The terms of Use and Disclaimer Policy page: "Data Policy. OpenBaltimore is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. By using data made available through OpenBaltimore, the user agrees to the conditions stated above." |
| Collected by government | Yes | Presented via Socrata |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Bureau of Purchases in the Department of Finance | As stated on the Socrata dataset description for "Baltimore City Contracts - Bureau of Purchases, Department of Finance" This description states that other procured services are needed from other departments not provided in this dataset. The linked datasets include the "All materials, supplies, equipment, and services used by City Agencies" it does not include the professional services or public works (example being construction) and those are available only through the Bureau of Purchases. The professional services are available through the Board of Estimates with the Law Department, public works are through the Department of Public Works. |
| characteristics | Purpose or description, Amount, Awardee | Has contract start and end dates, but not award date. |
| location | https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Financial/Baltimore-City - Socrata Dataset description and landing page, https://data.baltimorecity.gov/Financial/Baltimore-City - Socrata Dataset data view page |
