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Using Crowdsourcing And Digital Publishing To Hold Governments Accountable
Jun 22, 2009 5:50
File this under ‘(forced) radical transparency’. UK newspapers have taken upon themselves to publish the unedited expenses claims of every MP. Guardian has made the claims publicly available for crowdsourcing, that is, allowing anyone to sift through the vast material (457,153 pages so far) looking for entries that “deserves further scrutiny”. Try it here. The interface [...]