The Congressional Data Task Force convened on March 14, 2023, to discuss a range of topics related to the use and management of data within the legislative branch. The meeting, which included representatives from various government offices and civil society organizations, highlighted several new and interesting developments. Go here for video and slides from the […]
Continue reading... May 4, 2023
A Biased Yet Reliable Guide to Sources of Information and Data About Congress
Big Picture 1/ There’s big gaps in the data story 2/ Even when there’s data, it may not tell the whole story 3/ The people who dogfood the data, such as Josh Tauberer at GovTrack, Derek Willis formerly of ProPublica, and OpenSecrets, are often forced to build additional reliability and usability into the data than […]
Continue reading... April 30, 2023
House Publishes More Earmarks Request Data, Which We Enhance
At the end of last week, the House Appropriations Committee published all earmark requests for FY 2024 on the committee’s website, including publishing them as a spreadsheet. This is great and welcome news. For the first time, the appropriations spreadsheet separated member names into different columns and included state, district, party, and recipient address. This […]
Continue reading... April 26, 2023
Congressional Data Task Force Meeting Set For June 22, 2023
The next Congressional Data Task Force Meeting is set for June 22, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST. The meeting will take place in hybrid format. You must register online here, at which point you’ll be prompted to indicate whether you want to attend virtually or in person. If you attend in-person, the meeting […]
Continue reading... April 23, 2023
Notes from the Congressional Hackathon on April 6, 2022
(Everyone is welcome to add edits/ comments. Document created by Daniel Schuman at Demand Progress daniel@demandprogress.org)
Continue reading... February 20, 2023
Recap: Congressional Data Task Force December 2022 Meeting
The newly renamed Congressional Data Task Force met virtually on December 13, 2022. Resources on the event, including a video of the proceedings, slides from the clerk and slides from GPO, are available on the Innovation Hub here.
Continue reading... February 14, 2023
Congressional Data Task Force Meeting Announced for March 14, 2023
The next Congressional Data Task Force Meeting is scheduled for 2-4PM EST on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. To register, use the following link: https://ushr.webex.com/weblink/register/r10370082ab6d3795e3bd3a105f7c717d.
Continue reading... December 30, 2022
House of Reps Publishes Unofficial Member Data for 118th Congress
In advance of the start of the 118th Congress, the House of Representatives published resources on members of the House on the Clerk’s webpage on December 30, 2022. The resources include: To download the information, go to the Clerk’s page > Member Information > look to the column on the far right entitled “Additional Resources.” […]
Continue reading... November 22, 2022
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Meeting Set for December 5, 2022
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 […]
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 […]
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