The Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress announced its semi-annual meeting will be held on December 5, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET at the Government Publishing Office. Back in June, we had request that these meetings include a virtual component, but the notice apparently requires in-person attendance only and the meetings are not otherwise recorded. We have reached out again to request a virtual aspect for those who cannot attend in person.
Continue Reading October 12, 2022
Improving the House Statement of Disbursements: Feedback Requested
The House of Representatives wants to improve how the Statements of Disbursements are published as data and they are asking for your help and input. A summary of how we got to this point is immediately below. Skip to the bottom if you want to share your views on how the Statements of Disbursements should […]
Continue reading... September 30, 2022
Recap of the September 2022 Congressional Data Task Force Meeting
The Congressional Data Task Force provided a series of legislative branch technology updates at its third quarter meeting on September 29, 2022, including a CAO presentation on adding metadata to Statements of Disbursement, a recap of the Library of Congress Virtual Public Forum, updates on the comparative print project and E-Hopper, updates on how the […]
Continue reading... September 23, 2022
The Recap: Library of Congress 2022 Virtual Public Forum
The Library of Congress held a virtual public forum on Congress.gov on September 21, 2022. We summaries the efforts by the Library and its data partner to improve public access to congressional legislative data.
Continue reading... September 13, 2022
Save the Dates: Congressional Data Task Force Meetings Set for End of 2022
The Congressional Data Task Force announced the dates of its third and fourth quarter public meetings. The CDTF will hold its Q3 public meeting from 2-4pm ET on Thursday September 29. In the future, you can follow this link to register online. The CDTF will hold its Q4 public meeting from 2-4 PM ET on […]
Continue reading... September 8, 2022
Library of Congress Launches Congress.gov API
On September 6th, the Library of Congress announced it launched a beta version of its Congress.gov API. While APIs for legislative data aren’t new for the Legislative branch — see, for example, the Government Publishing Office’s API — this is a pretty big deal. For the reason why, it’s helpful to know a little history.
Continue reading... August 24, 2022
Library of Congress announces date for Virtual Public Forum on Congress.gov
The Library of Congress announced it will hold its third virtual public forum on congress.gov on September 21, 2022 from 1:30-4:30 PM ET. The forum will focus on user suggestions for enhanced access to congressional information/data on congress.gov and also provide an opportunity for the Library to provide updates on improvements to that website. Pursuant […]
Continue reading... July 19, 2022
Building Digital Capacity in Congress: Recommendations for the House Digital Service
Click here to download a PDF version of the paper. Despite many reforms over time, Congress has struggled to keep up with the pace of technological change and the new burdens it has brought. In particular, because of its distributed governance, legislative branch IT operations must contend with a greater number of coordination problems, inefficiencies, and vectors […]
Continue reading... June 22, 2022
The Congressional Data Task Force Continues Efforts to Modernize Congressional Tech, Including Itself
The Congressional Data Task Force announced significant legislative branch technology modernization efforts at their second quarter meeting on June 21, 2022, starting with a name change from the Bulk Data Task Force in recognition of the expanded scope of the working group as it goes into its second decade of existence. We have a full […]
Continue reading... June 8, 2022
Bulk Data Task Force Meeting Set for June 21, 2022
The Congressional Bulk Data Task force announced its upcoming quarterly meeting with take place on Tuesday, June 21, from 2-4 p.m. To join the meeting, register on its webpage. On the agenda: Welcome and Background (Meeting starts at 2:01/2:02) Reports/Presentations/Updates from civil society organizations Reports/Presentations/Updates from our Legislative Branch organizations: LOC, GPO, House Clerk, House […]
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