Members of the Congressional Data Coalition will be headlining a SXSW panel entitled: “Your Laws, Your Data: Making Government More Open.” Join us on Friday, March 13 from 12:30-1:30 in room Room 10AB at the Austin Convention Center. Speakers include Daniel Schuman, Congressional Data Coalition co-chair; Molly Schwartz, associate fellow, R Street Institute; Molly Bohmer, data curator, […]
Continue reading... March 6, 2015
House of Representatives Places an Order for Legislative Data Transparency
When the House of Representatives adopted new rules for the 114th Congress, it took an unprecedented step forward. As part of the orders for the new Congress, the House committed to broadening the availability of legislative documents in machine readable formats. As Joe Biden might say, this is a big freaking deal. The Committee on […]
Continue reading... March 6, 2015
Join Us at #Hack4Congress in SF and DC
The Congressional Data Coalition is pleased to join our friends in co-sponsoring #Hack4Congress in San Francisco on March 21-22 and Washington, DC on April 29-May 1. What is it? Well… #Hack4Congress brings together political scientists, technologists, designers, lawyers, organizational psychologists, and lawmakers to foster new digital tools, policy innovations, and other technology innovations to address the dysfunction in Congress. […]
Continue reading... February 13, 2015
Advisory Committee on Transparency event: Make Your Job Easier With Open Government Tools
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015 from 2:30 to 4:30 P.M. in room 2203 of the Rayburn House Office Building Open government is vital for public accountability. But, it also fuels tools that can make congressional staff more efficient, improve oversight activities, protect whistleblowers and more. Hear from experts in the open government field — including current […]
Continue reading... February 7, 2015
Legislative Appropriations Calendar for FY 2016
Every year, House and Senate Appropriators hold hearing and mark-up legislation on funding for the legislative branch. This is a continuously updated list of meetings and documents.
Continue reading... December 18, 2014
Senate Joins House In Publishing Legislative Information In Modern Formats
There’s big news from today’s Legislative Branch Bulk Data Task Force meeting. The United States Senate announced it would begin publishing text and summary information for Senate legislation, going back to the 113th Congress, in bulk XML. It would join the House of Representatives, which already does this. Both chambers also expect to have bill status information […]
Continue reading... December 18, 2014
Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellowship
Mozilla is launching the new Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellowship – a 10-month program designed to find emerging technical leaders who have a passion for Internet policy and advocacy. They’re in the midst of recruiting qualified applicants. Here’s a bit more about the program: Good candidates are developers, technologists, hackers and data crunchers – policy and […]
Continue reading... December 10, 2014
Congressional Data Coalition Joins “Free Law Founders”
The Congressional Data Coalition is pleased to join the Free Law Founders, a nation-wide organization that shares resources and expertise around opening up laws, legislation, and the lawmaking process online. From their website: The Free Law Founders is a nation-wide, collaborative effort open to all people who want to improve how laws and legislation are […]
Continue reading... December 9, 2014
Save the date: Bulk Data Task Force meeting
The next meeting of the Bulk Data Task Force will be Thursday, December 18, from 1-3 in the Capitol Visitor Center, room HVC-200. More information to come.
Continue reading... December 5, 2014
Federal Snow Storm Aid, Self-Government and CRS Reports
(Crossposted from R Street) The Federation of American Scientists recently posted a copy of a report titled, “Major Disaster Declarations for Snow Assistance and Severe Winter Storms: An Overview.” The document was produced by the Congressional Research Service, an agency where I worked for a decade. The report is fascinating on a few counts. First, […]
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