[CivicAccess-discuss] Canada launches spending database without transactional spending data?

[Ted Strauss]

Hi all,
I set up a data browser for the recently released expenditure database.
Access it here -- http://spenditures.ca
This is high level budget data. It doesn't include transactions, to answer
Anders' question.
Some budget items are in the 10s of billions, so you could say it's lacking
in detail.
Nonetheless, if you want a big picture of what the government is spending
money on, this page can help.
Ted


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Michael Mulley
<michael at michaelmulley.com>wrote:

> (Hi Anders -- am forwarding this to CivicAccess, a Canadian open-data list)
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> (sorry for crossposting)
>>
>> The Canadian Treasury board this week launched a database on expenditure
>> [1], which received quite a bit of coverage [2].
>>
>> As far as I can tell, the database does not include any transactional
>> spending data [3], but only expenditure data across programmes,
>> sub-programmes etc.
>>
>> I'd be interested to hear if anyone can help shed some light on this and
>> possibly share the reactions from the Canadian open data community?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anders
>>
>> [1] http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ems-sgd/aegc-adgc-eng.asp
>> [2]
>> http://globalnews.ca/news/502224/new-database-will-allow-canadians-to-track-government-spending-data/
>> [3] As for instance released in the UK at http://data.gov.uk/openspendingand US at
>> usaspending.gov
>>
>> --
>> Anders Pedersen
>> Community Coordinator
>> OpenSpending
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> Twitter: @anpe
>> Skype: anpehej
>>
>>
>>
>
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-- 
Ted Strauss
Co-founder of Trudat.co

I'm organizing Open Data Exchange <http://odx13.com> in Montreal, April 6,
2013
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