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 | Data is available for the most recent fiscal year. |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | Available in PDF format only. | |
| findable | 3 | |
| findable_steps | Googled "oakland ca city expenditures 2017;" first search result took me to budgetary information. Had to poke around the city government site until I found a link to the FMA site. | |
| licence_url | https://library.municode.com/ca/oakland/codes/code_of_o | Per Oakland Code of Ordinances (Ord. 12483 (part), 2003; Ord. 11957 § 00.23, 1997): "F. Budgets and Other Financial Information. The following shall not be exempt from disclosure: ... 2. All bills, claims, invoices, vouchers or other records of payment obligations, as well as records of actual disbursements showing the amount paid, the payee and the purpose for which payment is made, other than payments for social or other services whose records are confidential by law." |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | Data is available in PDF format only; not available in machine-readable format. |
| collector_name | Finance & Management Agency, Office of Accounting | |
| characteristics | Expense type or category, Expense description, Amount | |
| location | href="https://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/accounting/CAFR.htm" https://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/account">rel="nofollow">https://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/account - Finance & Management Agency, Office of Accounting's list of annual city of finance reports. |