New Innovation Fellows Arrive In Congress and Aim to Augment Capacity
Two hundred individuals applied, and only four were chosen as the 2017 TechCongress Innovation Fellows. They are: Sunmin Kim, a deputy editor for The Economist Intelligence Unit, who specialized… Read More
Congress, Meet Big Data. Big Data Meet Congress
Quorum cards with senators and representatives’ stats. Source: Washingtonian.com In case you missed it, the Washingtonian ran a piece on Quorum, a wonky, big data group that analyzes Congress. … Read More
Video: Meeting to Discuss Whether the Office of Technology Assessment Should Be Revived
The speakers at this October 19, 2016 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group were: Kevin R. Kosar, R Street Institute John Costello, TechCongress Adam Keiper,… Read More
Strengthening Congressional Oversight Through Crowd-Sourcing
Congress has a big problem when it comes to oversight. The federal government has grown vastly larger over the past century, but Congress has done little to empower itself… Read More