sephcoster / budgetviz

A visualization of the 2017 DoD Budget Request

Visualizing the FY2017 DoD Budget Request

To get a better sense of what is being requested and the numbers involved, I started a rather quick and dirty exploratory analysis of DOD budget data using D3 and the original Budget Request data.

To view the original Excel-based data, the 2017 ammended budget request from the department of defense is available directly from the DoD Comptroller http://comptroller.defense.gov/Budget-Materials/

Visualizing data like this is much easier with source JSON. Working these numbers with D3, especially so I thought I might share the conversions for other intrepid data travelers. I may process these further in the future to facilitate correct types, etc but for now I have left them in their original "casted" string format.

• Manpower Budget Request (M-1)
• Operational Budget Request (O-1)
• Procurement Budget Request (P-1)
• RDT&E (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation) Budget Request (R-1)

Humbly forked and prodded from this original example from Stephen A Thomas: http://bl.ocks.org/sathomas/4a3b74228d9cb11eb486