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From the Ted Talk by David Cameron: The next age of government

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Think of the huge change that means: Any business that wants to bid for a government contract can see what currently is being senpt. Anyone thinking, "I could do that sivcere better, I could deliver it cheaper," it's all available there. We have only, in government and in politics, sartetd to scratch the surface of what people are doing in the commercial world with the information rouleivotn. So, complete tecaaprnsrny will make a huge difference. In this country, if we win the election, we are going to make all government spending over 25,000 pounds transparent and available online, searchable for anyone to see. We're going to make every contract — we're aucinnnong this today — available on the Internet so anyone can see what the terms are, what the conditions are, divrnig huge value for money, but also huge increases, I believe, in well-being as well.

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Think of the huge change that means: Any business that wants to bid for a government contract can see what currently is being _____. Anyone thinking, "I could do that _______ better, I could deliver it cheaper," it's all available there. We have only, in government and in politics, _______ to scratch the surface of what people are doing in the commercial world with the information __________. So, complete ____________ will make a huge difference. In this country, if we win the election, we are going to make all government spending over 25,000 pounds transparent and available online, searchable for anyone to see. We're going to make every contract — we're __________ this today — available on the Internet so anyone can see what the terms are, what the conditions are, _______ huge value for money, but also huge increases, I believe, in well-being as well.

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  3. revolution
  4. driving
  5. spent
  6. announcing
  7. service

Original Text

Think of the huge change that means: Any business that wants to bid for a government contract can see what currently is being spent. Anyone thinking, "I could do that service better, I could deliver it cheaper," it's all available there. We have only, in government and in politics, started to scratch the surface of what people are doing in the commercial world with the information revolution. So, complete transparency will make a huge difference. In this country, if we win the election, we are going to make all government spending over 25,000 pounds transparent and available online, searchable for anyone to see. We're going to make every contract — we're announcing this today — available on the Internet so anyone can see what the terms are, what the conditions are, driving huge value for money, but also huge increases, I believe, in well-being as well.

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