For the first time ever, you can visualize Mayor Nutter’s proposed $3.9B budget

Mayor Michael Nutter is giving his final budget address right now. See a top-level view for yourself with the city’s own budget visualization, released today.
The tool shows Nutter’s so-called “general fund” budget for 2015 and compares it with the proposed $3.95 billion budget for 2016. It also shows how the general fund fits into all the city’s other funding sources, which amounted to a total of $7.5 billion in 2015 and $8.1 billion proposed for 2016. You can also download the data.
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It’s the first time the city has ever released this data in a downloadable format (and with an interactive visualization), Chief Data Officer Tim Wisniewski said. Previously, it was only in PDF format.
According to the FAQ, more details will be added as budget season progresses. (Right now, there’s no breakdown by expense.) It’s a big step for the administration, as budget season isn’t the most accessible to the public. This offers a way for Philadelphians to get involved, at least in some respect. We’d love to see this tool for the city’s 2014 budget in order to compare the proposed budget to the current one.
Also: budget nerds are fawning over the tool.
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