congressionaldata
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http://congressionaldata.org/
Why
a
?
Millions of Americans use legislative information provided by
third parties.
For example, GovTrack, in 2013, had
8 million unique users.
39 million page views
And Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, in 2013, had
of the US Code alone.
Government uses legislative information provided by third
parties, too.
For example, Capitol Bells is used by
250 Members of Congress and
6,500 staffers.
And GovTrack is used by
• 80 Congressional websites (widgets)• Congress’l staff: 2,500 daily page views• House and Senate leadership
But…
why
a
?
1) Improved access to information
2) Build new services and platforms
1) Access to information
The United States Project (Github)
https://github.com/unitedstates
Sunlight Congress API
565,146,724 calls since creation
Statutes At Large Project
2) New services and platforms
Scout
Sunlight’s Congress App
(Leg)Cyte
Ok,
but…
why
a
?
Congress
External
Stakeholders
Better info for
everyone
We believe…
We are…
a coalition of citizens, public interest groups, trade associations, and businesses that champion greater
governmental transparency through improved public access to and long-term preservation of
congressional information.
Capitol Bells (Leg)Cyte
Competitive Enterprise Institute LegisWorks
CREW Open Gov Foundation
Data Transparency Coalition OpenTheGovernment.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation Participatory Politics Foundation
Engine Advocacy R Street Institute
Fastcase Sunlight Foundation
Free Government Information Tech Freedom
GovTrack.us WashingtonWatch.com
We have recommendations on best practices…
and will continue to work in partnership with Congress to expand access to legislative information.
http://congressionaldata.org/