Budget and procurement analytics using open government data in Thailand

Abstract

This paper proposes an open government data (OGD) analytics system for discovering patterns in budget requests and procurement data of government agencies. The proposed OGD analytics system is part of an ongoing project to pioneer possible use cases of OGD in Thailand. Experiments are conducted with budget and procurement data of government agencies for the fiscal years of 2013–2017. Part of our results have already been publicized on the website of Thailand's Bureau of the Budget. Furthermore, four interesting patterns of government spending are found in the data and their possible implications are discussed. We anticipate that this paper will serve as an example on how government data in Thailand can be used to support e-government strategies to further deliver information to citizens.