Interesting People mailing list archives

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.

May you live in interesting times....




-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com


Current thread: