WATCH FY2020: Wake County, NC Fiscal Year 2020 Budget and Expenditure Data

Wake County, North Carolina's fiscal year 2020 budget information, used for the WATCH (Wake Accountability Tax Check) application. The data provides a single point of reference for reviewing tax dollar expenditures, vendor transactions, and comparing budgeted to actual expenses. It is published by Wake County under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending patterns based on budget and actual expenditure data
• Identify major vendors and transaction volumes based on vendor transaction information
• Assess fiscal responsibility by comparing budgeted amounts to actual expenses
• Support public accountability and transparency initiatives based on the data's stated purpose

Strengths

• Data is explicitly designed for public accountability and fiscal transparency
• Available in multiple formats including CSV, GeoJSON, and via an ArcGIS REST API
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
• Last updated on March 22, 2026, indicating potential maintenance

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias specific to Wake County, NC in FY2020

Provenance

Source

Wake County government

Collection Method

Likely extracted from official county budget and financial systems.

Time Range

Fiscal Year 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 02:55:21.472942; freshness should be verified

Geography

Wake County, North Carolina, USA