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Open Government in action? Open Review of MP Expenses
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:31:31 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: wb8foz <wb8foz () panix com> Date: June 18, 2009 12:14:11 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Open Government in action? Open Review of MP Expenses Prof. F:The Guardian has written a app to allow readers to peruse the documents in question in the ongoing UK scandal over MP's expenses.
<http://mps-expenses.guardian.co.uk/>This is an interesting ground truth in the changing face of governments midst the Information Era. Unlike classic scandals such as oh, Teapot Dome & Watergate, where we relied fully on the Fourth Estate; here the voters get to examine the data in question themselves, with all the good and bad consequences of same.
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