Delaware State Government Vendor Payments and Expenditures

Financial records detail payments made by the State of Delaware to external vendors, including check amounts, dates, and departmental allocations. The dataset is published and maintained by data.delaware.gov, with a last recorded update in March 2026. It covers state purchases organized by fiscal year, period, department, and fund type.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spending trends by DEPARTMENT and CATEGORY across different FISCAL YEARs.
• Identifying top VENDORs by total AMOUNT paid from state funds.
• Tracking payment timing and volume using CHECK_DATE and FISCAL PERIOD.
• Auditing fund allocation by cross-referencing DIVISION expenditures with FUND_TYPE.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of 2026-03-08.
• Provides 10 distinct columns covering financial, temporal, and organizational dimensions of transactions.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, making it difficult to assess volume and completeness.
• The absence of license information may restrict certain commercial or redistribution uses.
• Lacks granular details like purchase descriptions or contract identifiers, limiting deep transactional analysis.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Collection Method

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Time Range

Coverage includes FISCAL YEAR and CHECK_DATE fields; specific date range is unknown.

Freshness

Updated on 2026-03-08; specific frequency is unknown.

Geography

State of Delaware, USA.