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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 | No | |
| Available in bulk | No | saying "no" since it's downloadable only as a scanned PDF. there's an unofficial record of the 2017 budget at https://openmaine.org/ but not sanctioned or up to date |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | if the data is "online" but in Scanned PDF form, how do we indicate this on the survey? |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | ||
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | google search "portland maine city budget data", portland city website search for "budget" also returned correct page | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | |
| collector_name | Portland Maine Finance Department | |
| characteristics | Department, agency, or office, Category or expense, Description of that category or expense (may be in metadata or supporting documentation), Amount of money | |
| location | https://www.portlandmaine.gov/201/Budget-Financial-Docu - if the data is "online" but in Scanned PDF form, how do we indicate this on the survey? |