Delaware State Employee Credit Card Transactions and Merchant Details

Financial records detail state employee credit card purchases. Data includes transaction dates, merchant names, amounts, and departmental classifications. The dataset is published by data.delaware.gov and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spending trends by DEPT_NAME or DIV_NAME over FISCAL_YEAR and FISCAL_PERIOD.
• Identify frequent MERCHANT vendors and typical MERCHANDISE_AMT ranges for different CAT_DESCR categories.
• Audit transaction timing and volume by examining TRANS_DT records across departments.

Strengths

• Includes eight specific columns detailing transaction metadata and categorization.
• Provides a direct link to the governing accounting manual (Chapter 12) for context.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and dataset size limit analytical planning.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data density or value distributions.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Collection Method

Presumably extracted from state financial systems, as governed by the Delaware Budget and Accounting Manual.

Time Range

Implied by FISCAL_YEAR and FISCAL_PERIOD columns, but specific range is null.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

State of Delaware, USA.