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 | It can be freely used and shared, but there is no direct statement about this. It cannot be modified by anyone (I find that an odd thing to require - why should public be allowed to modify data? Modify format, yes - but not modify content) |
| Available in bulk | Yes | As pdf documents |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | Data is only in PDF format. | |
| findable | 3 | Partly because I knew what document I was looking for.. |
| findable_steps | Went to City's website, searched for "budget", clicked link for "budget and related documents" | |
| licence_url | public website, data is public under Missouir sunshine law | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | |
| collector_name | City of St. Louis Budget Division | |
| 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.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/budge - City of St. Louis Budget Division Documents |