"Where Does My Money Go?"

Online tools to analyse and visualise UK public spending. [15dec09]

The Open Knowledge Foundation has created a project enabling everyone to easily understand British government spending. Where Does My Money Go? is a great example of innovation that benefits not only the economy, but also society as a whole - encouraging the next generation of web services that will bridge the gap between 'transparency in principle' and 'accessibility in practice'.

The web application, currently in its alpha release has received media coverage on the BBC, The Guardian, and many other sources - including on BoingBoing, where Cory Doctorow writes:

"I'm loving this: you can click on any of those dots (on the actual web-page) to see what it represents. The slider moves you back and forth year-to-year. It's an amazing way of visualizing public spending."

All material is available under CC 'by' license v3.0. More details are available on the Where Does My Money Go? website.