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 | No | All information on detroitmi.gov is copyrighted to the City of Detroit. |
| Available in bulk | Yes | Only as PDF reports |
| Up-to-date | No | On April 30, 2018 the most recent Monthly Financial Report is February 2018. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | PDF only | |
| findable | 1 | |
| findable_steps | Search "finances" on detroitmi.gov, scroll through results to find reports page | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | Exclusively formatted as text tables within PDF documents. |
| collector_name | City of Detroit Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) | |
| characteristics | Expense type or category, Expense description, Amount | Specifically referencing |
| location | https://www.detroitmi.gov/How-Do-I/View-City-of-Detroit- - City of Detroit website financial reports page, https://www.detroitmi.gov/Portals/0/docs/finance/account - "Monthly Financial Report" linked from page |