The Congressional Data Task Force announced dates for 2026 task force meetings. They are: March 26, 2026, June 11, 2026, and December 3, 2026.
The Congressional Hackathon, which usually takes place in September, will count as their fourth quarterly meeting. Also, if the pattern holds, the Library of Congress will hold a meeting with users of Congress.gov in September.
The Government Publishing Office grabbed the spotlight at the Congressional Data Task Force meeting on December 13 by announcing that it is launching a Model Context Protocol server for artificial intelligence tools to access official GPO publication information. The MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini pull in official GPO documents when answering […]
Continue reading...On December 16th, a panel of senior parliamentary officials and legislative technologists from across the Portuguese-speaking world offered a rare, comparative view into how legislatures are digitizing their work—and what breaks when they do. The conversation brought together Luís Kimaid (Bússola Tech) as moderator, Pedro de Neri, Secretary-General of Angola’s National Assembly, Luiz Fernando Bandeira […]
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A key way to understanding the influence and position of different factions within the Democratic Caucus and Republican Conference in the House of Representatives is to study the major ideologically-based caucuses that almost all members join. Tracking caucuses’ members within the institution is hampered, however, by the lack of membership information in data provided by […]
Continue reading...Congress will convene the next Congressional Data Task Force on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 p.m. ET. The meeting will be hybrid — you may join virtually or attend in person in the Longworth Building. To participate please RSVP at this link.
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The Congressional Hackathon, 7.0, hosted by the United States Congress, featured talks from legislative leaders, a hackathon session with more than 80 developers, lightning round innovation ideas, and a policy track.
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One important project catalyzed by the 2025 Congressional Hackathon was the coming together of a Legislative branch data map, the existence of which had been requested by Appropriators. The map is an effort to identify across the Legislative branch the different sources for congressional data and drew rhetorical inspiration from the 2013 executive order on […]
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The Library of Congress announced it will hold its 2025 Congress.gov forum on September 30, 2025.
Continue reading...The Seventh Congressional Hackathon will take place on Wednesday, September 17th, from 1-6 pm in the CVC Auditorium at the U.S. Capitol. The non-partisan event was jointly announced by Speaker Johnson and Democratic Leader Jeffries and will be co-hosted by the House Chief Administrative Officer. The event is open to the public, and pre-registration is […]
Continue reading...The Congressional Data Task Force held its second quarterly meeting of 2025 on June 10. The agenda for the meeting can be found here and the video here. The Congressional Hackathon will serve as its next meeting and will be held in September, date TBD.
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