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What this record is. Each row compares the update cadence a dataset advertises in its own portal metadata against the last update time that same portal reports. Nothing here is a claim of wrongdoing, and nothing here is scraped from a third party — every figure is recomputable from the portal's own public API in seconds using the link in the row. Datasets whose own titles say they are historical or cover a closed period are excluded from the headline and listed separately.
Method: Socrata catalog API; advertised Update-Frequency vs measured data_updated_at; frozen >3x the advertised budget; self-labeled historical excluded; bounded-period datasets reported separately as label bugs, not abandoned feeds
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Of 31 datasets on this portal that advertise an update cadence, 14 (45.2%) were last updated longer ago than that cadence allows. The longest-running gap is 9 years.

DatasetAgencyAdvertisedDays since updateOver budget
Presubmission Community Meetings monthly3283 105.9x
Residential Site Development Plans monthly3283 105.9x
Commercial Site Development Plans monthly3283 105.9x
Bark Ranger Database monthly3253 104.9x
Coordinated System of Homeless Services Report quarterly2557 27.8x
Forestry Program Tree Planted: 1996 - Present annual3253 8.9x
Tax Sales: 2010 - Current annual3100 8.5x
Office on Aging & Independence Caregiver Report quarterly694 7.5x
Office on Aging & Independence Nutritional Report quarterly694 7.5x
Housing And Urban Development Continuim Of Care Report yearly2557 7x
Point In Time Report yearly1799 4.9x
Howard County Government Fuel Costs per Gallon FY2017 – Present quarterly371 4x
Operating Budget Expenditures: FY 2018 - Present yearly1126 3.1x
Operating Budget Revenues: FY 2018 - Present yearly1126 3.1x

Label bugs on finished datasets (7)

These datasets carry a recurring cadence label but their own titles state a closed coverage period, and their data stops where their titles say it stops. The data is not abandoned — the cadence label on it is simply wrong. Listed separately and excluded from the count above.

DatasetAgencyAdvertisedDays since updateOver budget
Animal Control Monthly Statistics: 2015-2018 semi-annually2876 15.7x
Detention Center Inmate Data: 2009 - 2014 annual4205 11.5x
Detention Center Inmate Population Statistics: 2009 - 2014 annual4205 11.5x
Capital Project Budget Allocations: FY2016 annual4103 11.2x
Howard County General Employees Salary Schedule: FY 2018 yearly3282 9x
CLASSIFICATION & PAY SUMMARY FY 18 yearly3268 8.9x
Howard County Police Department Use Of Force Statistics: 2008 - 2021 annually1430 3.9x

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