Connecticut State Expenditure Payments with Daily Updates

State of Connecticut data allows citizens to view payments made for goods or services, updated nightly to reflect spending within 24 to 48 hours. The dataset is published by the State of Connecticut and includes redactions for payees protected by HIPAA or other statutes. The data was last updated on 2026-04-12.

Use Cases

• Track government spending trends based on nightly updates mentioned in the description
• Identify major payees and payment amounts based on the checkbook-style data
• Analyze expenditures by government function based on the browsing capability described
• Assess data privacy practices based on the described HIPAA and statutory redactions

Strengths

• Data is updated nightly, reflecting spending within 24 to 48 hours
• Includes specific privacy redactions for HIPAA, minors, and statutorily protected payees
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats: XML, RDF, JSON, CSV

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Certain payee names are redacted, which may affect completeness for some analyses

Provenance

Source

State of Connecticut

Collection Method

Likely extracted from state financial systems for the Open Checkbook application.

Time Range

Covers payments up to 24-48 hours prior to the nightly update.

Freshness

Updated nightly; last updated 2026-04-12 05:13:45.900356

Geography

State of Connecticut, USA