British Columbia Ministry Purchasing Card Transactions for Fiscal Year 2011

Purchasing card transactions for the Ministry of Science and Universities during fiscal year 2011. The data reflects expenditures from the original ministry structure before reorganizations in October and March. It is provided by the Government of British Columbia under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze government expenditure patterns in science and university sectors based on purchasing card transaction data.
• Track the financial impact of ministry reorganizations based on the description of expenditures being recorded by original ministry.
• Conduct fiscal transparency and accountability research based on detailed government spending records.

Strengths

• Data covers a full fiscal year (FY 2011).
• Provided in multiple formats (CSV, HTML) for accessibility.
• License (OGL-CA-2.0) permits open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to a single government's records.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Likely administrative records of purchasing card transactions.

Time Range

Fiscal Year 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:39:02.429503; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada