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 | This data is in the public domain but the terms of use need to be more clear and align further with the Open Definition |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | No | updated annually |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | went to the open data site and searched 'spending' | |
| licence_url | https://data.louisvilleky.gov/louisville-metro-governme | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Office of Management and Budget | |
| characteristics | Expense type or category, Expense description, Amount | |
| location | https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/expenditures-data - |