Today the Library of Congress began publishing (some) Congressional Research Service reports as HTML and making (some) reports accessible via API. See the announcement here.
Continue Reading March 3, 2025
Congressional Hackathon 6.0
Congressional Hackathon 6.0 took place on September 19, 2024 at the U.S. Capitol, co-hosted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor. The event brought together congressional stakeholders to explore the role of digital platforms in the legislative process. After the event, organizers released video from the full proceedings as well as a highlights reel, and are expected to release a report summarizing the proceedings. You can find official resources on previous hackathons here.
Continue Reading March 3, 2025
Library of Congress Public Forum: September 8, 2024
The Library of Congress hosted a public discussion on Congress.gov on September 18, 2024, the fifth such forum it has held. You can watch video of the forum or read the Library of Congress’s summary of the discussion. We published a summary of prior forums from 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020. They are held pursuant to direction from Congress, which required the Library of Congress to meet with the public concerning access to data from Congress.gov. More than fifty people attended in person and 400-500 people were expected to participate online.
Continue Reading March 1, 2025
Congressional Job Listings as Data
The House of Representatives publishes job postings for personal, committee, and leadership offices in the form of a weekly email sent to subscribers. This means that if you’re a job seeker, you must read each PDF each week to see whether there’s a job that might interest you. And if you’re interested in monitoring job posting generally, or sharing those postings with others, you’re out of luck — the information is not published in a data format that allows for re-sharing and analysis. (More on that in a minute).
Continue Reading July 1, 2024
House Asks for Feedback on Its Collaborative Legislative Drafting Study
The House of Representatives is asking developers and the general public for ideas concerning the House’s interest in collaborative legislative drafting. Collaborative legislative drafting is where multiple political legislative offices, internal expert offices and agencies, and outside stakeholders (from federal agencies to civil society to interest groups) are able to view and make suggestions on drafts of legislation. The RFI is available here.
Continue Reading June 14, 2024
Recap of Congressional Data Task Force Meeting on June 6, 2024
The Congressional Data Task Force held its second quarterly meeting on Thursday, June 6, 2024. The agenda and other resources are available online and we expect video and slides will be published soon. The next Congressional Data Task Force meeting is scheduled for December 12, 2024.
Continue Reading May 30, 2024
CDTF Meeting Set for June 6, 2024
The next Congressional Data Task Force meeting will take place from 2-4pm ET on June 6, 2024. The public is welcome to attend in person or virtually. More information, including a link to RSVP and a (forthcoming) agenda, is here.
Continue Reading March 21, 2024
Congressional Data Task Force Meeting on March 13, 2024
The Congressional Data Task Force held its first quarterly meeting on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024. The agenda and other resources are available online here, and we expect video and slides will be made available soon. The next scheduled meeting is June 6th and December 12, 2024. It’s unclear whether there will be a fourth meeting around September, which is also when the Library usually holds its public-facing meeting on congressional data.
The following are highlights from the meeting.
Continue Reading March 6, 2024
Congressional Hackathon 5.0: September 14, 2023
The Speaker of the House, Minority Leader of the House, and the CAO co-hosted Congressional Hackathon 5.0 on September 14, 2023. There’s video from part 1 and part 2 of the event, a summary video, and the official report has just been released. The following is our recap of the event.
Continue Reading February 20, 2024
Congressional Data Task Force Meeting Set for March 19, 2024
The Congressional Data Task Force announced it will hold its next public meeting on March 19, 2024, from 2-4pm ET. This hybrid meeting will occur both in person and virtual.
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