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Open FI$Cal Survey
At FI$Cal, we're dedicated to making California's financial data useful and accessible. Please take a moment to let us know how we can best meet your needs with this quick 10-question survey!
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1.
Who are you?
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Legislator or legislative staff
State employee
Member of the Public
Reporter
Researcher
Staff of civic or "watchdog" entity
Developer or civic technologist
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2.
What type(s) of data are you most interested in?
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Procurement data (what goods and services the state buys and who they buy it from)
Expenditure data (how the state actually spent money)
Budget data (the state's plan for spending money)
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3.
How do you want to interact with the state's financial data?
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I want to read explanations / data stories
I want to interact with online charts and graphs
I want to download the raw data
I want API access to the data (a direct connection that allows developers to build their own apps using the data)
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4.
What do you want to do with the state's financial data?
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Explore payments to vendors
Learn the basics of how the state spends my money
Compare budgeted to actual expenditures
Conduct my own analyses of state spending
See how state spending changes over time
Compare expenditures among different departments
Build my own app or service using the data
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5.
How often do you use state financial data?
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Once a week or more
Once a month or more
A few times a year
Annually
Less than annually or never
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Where do you currently go to get California state financial data?
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7.
How does the data currently available on Open FI$Cal align with your needs?
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meets none of my needs
neutral
completely meets my needs
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8.
How could the data better meet your needs?
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9.
How would you rate the design of the Open FI$Cal website?
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unattractive and hard to navigate
neutral
attractive and easy to navigate
Clear
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How could we improve site design?
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Is there anything else you want us to know?
