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9 June 2008

The Hansard digitisation project

A handful of web developers are making 200 years' worth of parliamentary sessions available online a

By Chris Adams

There may yet be hope for government projects, if Hansard 1804 – 2004 is anything to go by.

It’s hard to read the phrase ‘government IT projects’ in the news without them usually being followed by words like ‘over-budget’, ‘delays’ or ‘expensive consultants’. But look hard enough, and every now and then you see something really interesting being done with comparatively tiny resources. The Hansard digitisation project is one such example.

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