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19th June 2009 - Link Blog

The breakneck race to build an application to crowdsource MPs' expenses. Charles Arthur wrote up a very nice piece on the development effort behind the Guardian’s crowdsourcing expenses app.

Posted 19th June 2009 at 10:16 pm

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