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Douglas County rolls out in-house public budget tool to replace Socrata product

Board of Douglas County Commissioners · February 5, 2026
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Summary

Douglas County previewed a new in-house public budget reporting tool on Feb. 4 that replaces the Socrata/OpenBudget platform; staff said the tool connects directly to the county finance system via an API, cuts vendor costs and adds a community partner upload portal and planned narrative fields.

At the Feb. 4 meeting staff demonstrated a new Douglas County in-house public budget reporting tool intended to replace the Socrata/OpenBudget product the county previously used.

Brooke said the county launched Socrata in 2017 and has paid roughly $18,000 annually for the vendor product but found it required manual exports and uploads. The new in-house application, built with the county’s IT team, creates…

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