Recently, our friends who run the Personal Democracy Forum, Civic Hall, and the recently retired group blog TechPresident, announced a new project, Civicist. Run by Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej, Civicist is a “hub for news and analysis of the civic tech world.” Since members of the Congressional Data Coalition are all about using legislative data to make Congress […]
Continue reading... April 25, 2015
Legislative Project Ideas for Coders and Non-Coders
I thought it would be useful to identify legislative data projects in advance of the House’s annual Legislative Data and Transparency Conference and #Hack4Congress, a congressional hackathon we are co-hosting with our friends the OpenGov Foundation. I have written about some ideas previously, and others are newly published or elaborations. Not all are mine, but […]
Continue reading... March 30, 2015
CDC Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriators, Outlines Next Steps for Legislative Data
On Friday, March 27th, the Congressional Data Coalition and allies submitted testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch. In the testimony, we commend he Senate for committing to publishing bill status, summary, and text in a structured-data format that is capable of download in bulk. We also requested the Senate continue down the […]
Continue reading... March 23, 2015
Save the Date: House Legislative Data and Transparency Conference April 29
The House of Representatives will be holding its 2015 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference on April 29th at the CVC. The public is invited. I will post more information as it becomes available. Also, please remember that the OpenGov Foundation is holding a legislative data hackathon in DC running from the 29th to May 1st […]
Continue reading... March 23, 2015
Congressional Data Coalition Applauds House Legislative Data Transparency Efforts, Asks for More
On March 6, the Congressional Data Coalition and allies submitted testimony to the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Committee regarding its 2016 appropriation that applauded recent progress in making legislative data more open while urging additional reforms. It is worth repeating the significant progress that has been made and our recommendations for the future, so please […]
Continue reading... March 10, 2015
Meet us in Austin: SXSW Panel “Your Laws, Your Data”
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.
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