U.S. City Open Data Census
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Open spending data informs citizens, journalists, and government officials alike as to just how public funds are being spent. Spending data should include a complete list of city expenditures at a detailed transactional level (including tax breaks, loans, contracts, grants, and operational spending). In other words, records should be fairly granular, covering, for instance, month to month expenditures on specific items costing in the thousands rather than the millions. This data category refers to detailed ongoing data on actual expenditures; a database of contracts awarded is not considered sufficient. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, RDF, TXT, XLS, XML | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | I found the data on the home page of Baton Rouge's open data site (data.brla.gov) and website (brla.gov) | |
| licence_url | https://data.brla.gov/Government/City-Parish-Expenditur | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Finance Department | |
| characteristics | Expense type or category, Expense description, Amount | |
| location | https://data.brla.gov/Government/City-Parish-Expenditur - City-Parish Expenditures, https://checkbook.brla.gov - Open Checkbook BR web portal |
