The Library of Congress announced it will hold its 2025 Congress.gov forum on September 30, 2025.
Continue reading... August 11, 2025
Congressional Hackathon 7.0 announced for September 17
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... June 11, 2025
Congressional Data Task Force Recap: June 10, 2025
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.
Continue reading... May 13, 2025
Congressional Hackathon Official Report
The House of Representatives just published its report from the 2024 Congressional Hackathon here.
Continue reading... May 9, 2025
Save the date: Congressional Data Task Force Meeting Scheduled June 10, 2025
Congress has announced the next Congressional Data Task Force will next meet on June 10, 2025, from 2-4 pm. This will be a hybrid meeting, with the opportunity to join online or in person in Longworth B-248. Registration is required.
Continue reading... March 13, 2025
Congressional Data Task Force Recap: March 11, 2025
The Congressional Data Task Force held its first quarterly meeting of 2025 on March 11. As always, video of the meeting and the slides from presenters are available on the Legislative Branch Innovation Hub.
Continue reading... March 10, 2025
Library of Congress Publishes Some CRS Reports as HTML and via API
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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