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IT Dashboard Data Dictionary

This document describes the fields available in the IT Dashboard API endpoint (/api/itdashboard/). For filtering, ordering, and pagination, see the IT Dashboard API Reference.

Overview

IT Dashboard investments are federal IT investments tracked by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and published on itdashboard.gov. Each record represents a single investment identified by a Unique Investment Identifier (UII).

Data includes investment metadata, fiscal-year funding breakdowns, CIO risk evaluations, contract details, project information, and performance metrics.

Note: The full set of fields is available via the shape query parameter. See Response Shaping for details.

Update Frequency

IT Dashboard data is refreshed daily from itdashboard.gov. The scraper pulls the CSV data feeds and aggregates them with investment-level API data.

Core fields

Field Type Description Source
uii String Unique Investment Identifier (e.g., 021-488119819). Primary lookup key. IT Dashboard
agency_code Integer Numeric agency code (e.g., 21 for Department of Transportation). IT Dashboard
agency_name String Full agency name. IT Dashboard
bureau_code Integer Numeric bureau code within the agency. IT Dashboard
bureau_name String Bureau name. IT Dashboard
investment_title String Title of the IT investment. IT Dashboard
type_of_investment String Classification (e.g., "Major IT Investment", "Standard IT Infrastructure"). IT Dashboard
part_of_it_portfolio String IT portfolio area (e.g., "Mission Delivery", "Infrastructure"). IT Dashboard
updated_time DateTime Last update timestamp from the source data. IT Dashboard
url String Canonical URL to the investment on itdashboard.gov. Computed from UII. Derived

Funding expansion (funding)

Fiscal-year internal funding and contribution amounts (Micro+ tier).

Field Type Description
fy2020_internal_funding Number FY2020 internal funding amount.
fy2020_contribution Number FY2020 contribution amount.
fy2021_internal_funding Number FY2021 internal funding amount.
fy2021_contribution Number FY2021 contribution amount.
fy2022_internal_funding Number FY2022 internal funding amount.
fy2022_contribution Number FY2022 contribution amount.
fy2023_internal_funding Number FY2023 internal funding amount.
fy2023_contribution Number FY2023 contribution amount.
fy2024_internal_funding Number FY2024 internal funding amount.
fy2024_contribution Number FY2024 contribution amount.
fy2025_internal_funding Number FY2025 internal funding amount.
fy2025_contribution Number FY2025 contribution amount.

Details expansion (details)

Extended investment metadata (Micro+ tier).

Field Type Description
investment_description String Full text description of the investment.
previous_uii String Previous UII if the investment was re-baselined.
current_uii String Current UII (may differ from previous_uii).
change_in_status String Description of any status change.
shared_services_category String Shared services classification.
shared_services_identifier String Shared services identifier.
mission_support_investment_categories String Mission support categories.
mission_delivery_and_management_support_area String Mission delivery area.
national_security_system_identifier String NSS identifier, if applicable.
it_infrastructure_and_management_type String IT infrastructure type.
business_case_url String URL to the business case on IT Dashboard.
public_urls String Public-facing URLs for the investment.
last_updated String Source-reported last-updated date.

CIO evaluation expansion (cio_evaluation)

CIO risk ratings over time (Medium+ tier). Each entry is a rating snapshot.

Field Type Description
cioRating String Risk rating with label (e.g., "1 - High Risk", "5 - Low Risk").
comment String CIO evaluation comment.
ratedDate String Date the rating was assigned.
updatedTime String Timestamp of the rating record update.
latestIndicator String "Y" if this is the most recent rating.

CIO rating scale

Rating Risk level
1 High Risk
2 Moderately High Risk
3 Medium Risk
4 Moderately Low Risk
5 Low Risk

Contracts expansion (contracts)

IT contracts associated with the investment (Medium+ tier). Fields vary by contract.

Projects expansion (projects)

Project details under the investment (Medium+ tier). Fields vary by project.

Performance metrics expansion (performance_metrics)

Performance measurement data (Medium+ tier).

Field Type Description
metricDescription String Description of the performance metric.
metTarget String Whether target was met ("MET" or "NOT MET").
latestActualResult Number Most recent actual measurement.
target2024PY Number Prior-year target value.
target2025CY Number Current-year target value.
unitOfMeasure String Unit (e.g., "Percentage").
reportingFrequency String How often the metric is reported.
measurementCondition String Target condition (e.g., "Over target").
dateOfLatestActualResult String Date of the latest actual result.
performanceMeasurementCategory String Category (e.g., "Strategic and Business Results").
isRetired Boolean Whether the metric has been retired.

Other expansions (Medium+ tier)

Expansion Description
cost_pools_towers(*) Cost pool and cost tower breakdowns.
funding_sources(*) Detailed funding source information.
performance_actual(*) Historical performance actual results (individual data points over time).
operational_analysis(*) Operational analysis data.

Special fields

Field Tier Description
business_case_html Medium+ Full HTML content of the business case page from IT Dashboard. Requested as a leaf field, not an expansion.