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 | Yes | Refer to the city of Las Vegas Open data policy found here: https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/dataset/Open-Data-Policy/fzgv-7d28 |
| Available in bulk | Yes | Data is downloadable by clicking the 'Get this Data on Socrata' link at the bottom of every page. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Data is up to date for Fiscal Year 2018. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, RDF, TSV, XLS, XML | RSS Formats can also be exported, and Odata feeds and API's are accessible as well. |
| findable | 4 | The City of Las Vegas open Budget website is packed with information on both revenue and expenses for the most current year. All data can be exported. |
| findable_steps | Open your browser and navigate to https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/, then click on the open budget tile, then browse through data for both revenue and expenditures. Exporting data is can be done by clicking " Get this data on Socrata" link at the bottom of each page. | |
| licence_url | https://opendata.lasvegasnevada.gov/dataset/Open-Data-P | Refer to Section 3: Web Portal |
| Collected by government | Yes | The data is collected by the city of Las Vegas. |
| usability | 3 | The city of Las Vegas Open Budget acts as an interactive and reactive dashboard with exportable information. |
| collector_name | City of Las Vegas | |
| characteristics | Department, agency, or office, Category or expense, Description of that category or expense (may be in metadata or supporting documentation), Amount of money | The city of Las Vegas Open Budget platform also contains a 'Read More' section that provides definitions on the financial information that is displayed. |
| location | - City of Las Vegas Open Budget website |
