Machine Readable Federal Budget?
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Machine Readable Federal Budget?
 
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Hi,
Is there a machine readable version of the Federal Budget available? If not, does anyone know anyone who would be interested in generating it. Thanks,
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There's been some interest in this in the OpenHamilton group
http://groups.google.com/group/openhamilton/browse_thread/thread/47d0955e5d880785 No report of even a non-machine readable version of the federal budget. I haven't looked for it yet, though. On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Jonathan Brun <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi, > Is there a machine readable version of the Federal Budget available? If not, > does anyone know anyone who would be interested in generating it. > Thanks, > JB > MontrealOuvert.net > jonathanbrun.com > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > |
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Jonathan, I tried to get this information a few months back, but had no success. I first asked the Department of Finance for budget data, but, after a two month wait, was simply told:
>The budget documents are only available in PDF and HTML formats, and can be found on the budget website at www.budget.gc.ca. Thank you for writing. I then turned my head towards expenditure data from Public Accounts (specifically, I asked for the raw data in "Public Accounts of Canada 2010 - Volume II - Details of Expenses and Revenues"). The folks at this department were responsive and seemed quite willing to provide the data if they easily could -- but unfortunately could not: >The production of the Public Accounts involves a lengthy process of gathering financial information from all departments and agencies, often in various formats. This information is then analysed, tagged and loaded in style sheets through the use of a utility program for publication using Ventura desktop publishing. Volumes thus produced contain such large and complex files that it is only practicable for us to offer them in two formats, i.e. PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) and the printed format which is tabled in the House of Commons each year. This is definitely something to ask for in the federal portal, now that it's up and running! Kent On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:05 PM, James McKinney <[hidden email]> wrote: There's been some interest in this in the OpenHamilton group |
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On 11-05-20 2:44 PM, Kent Mewhort wrote: Jonathan, I tried to get this information a few months back, but had no success. I first asked the Department of Finance for budget data, but, after a two month wait, was simply told: |
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In reply to this post by Kent Mewhort
>> This information is then analysed, tagged and loaded in
>> style sheets through the use of a utility program for publication using >> Ventura desktop publishing. So give us what the the utility program is fed. I think we'd be able to figure it out from there.... -Glen On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Kent Mewhort <[hidden email]> wrote: > Jonathan, I tried to get this information a few months back, but had no > success. I first asked the Department of Finance for budget data, but, > after a two month wait, was simply told: > >>The budget documents are only available in PDF and HTML formats, and can be >> found on the budget website at www.budget.gc.ca. Thank you for writing. > > I then turned my head towards expenditure data from Public Accounts > (specifically, I asked for the raw data in "Public Accounts of Canada 2010 - > Volume II - Details of Expenses and Revenues"). The folks at this > department were responsive and seemed quite willing to provide the data if > they easily could -- but unfortunately could not: > >>The production of the Public Accounts involves a lengthy process of >> gathering financial information from all departments and agencies, often in >> various formats. This information is then analysed, tagged and loaded in >> style sheets through the use of a utility program for publication using >> Ventura desktop publishing. Volumes thus produced contain such large and >> complex files that it is only practicable for us to offer them in two >> formats, i.e. PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) and the printed format >> which is tabled in the House of Commons each year. > > This is definitely something to ask for in the federal portal, now that it's > up and running! > > Kent > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:05 PM, James McKinney <[hidden email]> > wrote: >> >> There's been some interest in this in the OpenHamilton group >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/openhamilton/browse_thread/thread/47d0955e5d880785 >> >> No report of even a non-machine readable version of the federal >> budget. I haven't looked for it yet, though. >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Jonathan Brun <[hidden email]> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > Is there a machine readable version of the Federal Budget available? If >> > not, >> > does anyone know anyone who would be interested in generating it. >> > Thanks, >> > JB >> > MontrealOuvert.net >> > jonathanbrun.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> > [hidden email] >> > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > -- - |
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