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 archived by year with current year updated live as transactions occur and/or contracts awarded. |
| Available free online | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| Available free of charge | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, JSON, KML, SHP | |
| findable | 4 | District of Columbia Open Data DC |
| findable_steps | Search keywords contractor or purchase | District of Columbia Open Data DC |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov. |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Government of the District of Columbia | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov. |
| characteristics | Expense type or category, Expense description, Amount | |
| location | https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2004, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2005, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2006, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2007, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2008, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2009, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2010, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2011, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2012, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2013, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2014, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2015, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2016, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2017, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-orders-in-fy-2 - Purchase Orders FY 2018, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/purchase-card-transacti - Purchase Card Transactions, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/pipeline-contractor-ope - Pipeline Contractor Open Engagements, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/pipeline-contractor-awa - Pipeline Contractor Awarded Engagements, https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/pipeline-cbe-participan - Pipeline Certified Business Enterprise Participants | Purchase orders are archived by year with the current year updated as purchases occur. Pipeline contracts are vendor awarded contracts with purchase order numbers, vendor name, agency customer and rates. |
