The Government Publishing Office grabbed the spotlight at the Congressional Data Task Force meeting on December 13 by announcing that it is launching a Model Context Protocol server for artificial intelligence tools to access official GPO publication information. The MCP server lets AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini pull in official GPO documents when answering questions.
Continue Reading December 19, 2025
What Congress Can Learn from Lusophone Parliaments About Modernization and AI
On December 16th, a panel of senior parliamentary officials and legislative technologists from across the Portuguese-speaking world offered a rare, comparative view into how legislatures are digitizing their work—and what breaks when they do. The conversation brought together Luís Kimaid (Bússola Tech) as moderator, Pedro de Neri, Secretary-General of Angola’s National Assembly, Luiz Fernando Bandeira […]
Continue reading... December 8, 2025
Presenting Caucus Membership as Data
A key way to understanding the influence and position of different factions within the Democratic Caucus and Republican Conference in the House of Representatives is to study the major ideologically-based caucuses that almost all members join. Tracking caucuses’ members within the institution is hampered, however, by the lack of membership information in data provided by […]
Continue reading... November 25, 2025
Congressional Data Task Force Meeting on December 9, 2025
Congress will convene the next Congressional Data Task Force on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 2-4 p.m. ET. The meeting will be hybrid — you may join virtually or attend in person in the Longworth Building. To participate please RSVP at this link.
Continue reading... November 11, 2025
Congressional Hackathon 7.0: Coding, Collaboration, and Culture Change on Constitution Day
The Congressional Hackathon, 7.0, hosted by the United States Congress, featured talks from legislative leaders, a hackathon session with more than 80 developers, lightning round innovation ideas, and a policy track.
Continue reading... September 23, 2025
Legislative Branch Data Map
One important project catalyzed by the 2025 Congressional Hackathon was the coming together of a Legislative branch data map, the existence of which had been requested by Appropriators. The map is an effort to identify across the Legislative branch the different sources for congressional data and drew rhetorical inspiration from the 2013 executive order on […]
Continue reading... August 23, 2025
Library of Congress Sets Congress.gov Forum for Sept. 30, 2025
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.
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