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The 2016 Budget: How We’re Using New Open Government Tools

Summary: 
For the FY 2016 budget, we're releasing all of the budget data in an easy, machine-readable format on GitHub, a website for hosting open-source projects.

Each year, after the President's State of the Union address, the Office of Management and Budget releases the Administration's Fiscal Year budget, offering proposals on key priorities and newly announced initiatives. This year, we did things a little differently, from our expanded and enhanced State of the Union coverage to our interview with YouTube creators -- and we wanted to do the same with the budget.

That's why we're releasing all of the data included in this year's budget in an easy, machine-readable format on GitHub, a website for hosting open-source projects. The budget process should be a reflection of our values as a country, and we think it's important that members of the public have as many tools as possible at their disposal to review the President's proposals -- and to have an opportunity to give feedback. And, if you're motivated to create your own visualizations or products from the data, you can do that too.


Explore the budget in a new way: