Maryland State Agency Payments from FY2008 to FY2024

Fiscal years 2008 to 2024 contain records of payments made by Maryland state agencies to private businesses, local governments, non-profits, and individuals. The data is sourced from the Department of Budget and Management and combines multiple years of spending information. Columns suggest details on the paying agency, recipient, payment amount, date, and a spending category.

Use Cases

• Tracking annual spending by a specific Agency Name across Fiscal Year
• Analyzing payment distribution by Vendor Zip code and Category
• Identifying top recipients by total Amount paid to Vendor Name
• Examining payment timing and frequency using Date and Fiscal Period

Strengths

• Covers a long time series of 16+ fiscal years, from 2008 to 2024.
• Provides detailed transaction-level data including vendor, agency, amount, and date.
• Is hosted on multiple open data platforms, indicating its importance for transparency.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, total size, and specific license are not provided by any source.
• The last update date conflicts between sources (2026-05-07 vs 2026-04-12), raising questions about maintenance.
• The description mentions data is mirrored across different portals, which could lead to version confusion.

Provenance

Source

Maryland Department of Budget and Management

Collection Method

Combined from multiple internal data sources, published for transparency.

Time Range

Fiscal Years 2008 to 2024

Freshness

2026-05-07 18:49:00

Geography

State of Maryland, United States