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Analyze Boston

Checkbook Explorer

Department of Innovation and Technology

Updated Nov 2, 2026

Update frequency: Monthly

About this dataset

The Checkbook Explorer web application provides current financial information about the City of Boston's expenditures, allowing users to explore how City funds are spent.

Data is updated regularly, though the timing may vary based on internal review and approval processes. This data is published, and certain information is withheld from publishing, in accordance with the 2014 Executive Order of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, "An Order Relative to Open Data and Protected Data Sharing." Personal information is excluded to protect individual privacy. The Checkbook Explorer does not contain payroll information, which is available in the Employee Earnings Report (https://data.boston.gov/dataset/employee-earnings-report), or data from independent city agencies. Data from July 2011 (FY 2012) to present is available.

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