Fair Play

Bratislava and Slovakia
Description: 

Using Freedom of Information (FOI) requests Fair Play gathers invoices and other documents that show how the Slovakian government spends its money, adds this material to a database connected to its website, and invites people to use this information to influence political change.  By making the information easy to access, a debate was created around public spending and pressure for change became so great that one Slovak construction minister had to resign.

Database
Open Source
Through the Freedom of Information (FOI)  Fair Play collected data on the Slovakian government spending

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