R Street has a new paper on bringing it back: http://www.rstreet.org/policy-study/bring-in-the-nerds-

Please sign on to this letter in support of the "Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

In case folks are interested. https://medium.com/demand-progress/thoughts-on-harassment-in-congress-

Hi everyone, Next Thursday, June 27, the House of Representatives will host the 2017 Legislative Data

Transparency Caucus Briefing: Harvesting the Web and Preserving Electronic Government Data From: The

Relatedly, we just ran an article on ethics committee reports at GovTrack: https://govtrackinsider.

Good job getting this word out. - And thank god for the intrinsic gutlessness of the repub reps in

I put together some thoughts on the proposed changes to House Rules for the 115th. It's available

You might be interested in my attempt to link the Hillary Clinton email fiasco with open government

Hi Open House peeps,, This morning we launched EveryCRSReport.com, a new website with 8200 CRS

Hi everyone, I thought you might be interested in this letter a few of us sent today to Senate

On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:59 PM, Mark Porto <mark.p...@gmail.com> wrote: Here's a

Here's their website: https://directory.house.gov/#/ And my story: http://congressionaldata.org/

Correction: it's in 2456 Rayburn. My apologies. Daniel Daniel Schuman Demand Progress | Policy

Good morning, everyone. Today we released a letter from 33 organizations endorsing stronger

Details below -- Daniel Transparency Caucus Briefing: A Look at Transparency and Government

Hi everyone, I'm hoping I can rely on the collective wisdom of this list. It's my

Hi everyone, I thought you might be interested in two recent article. Did you know the Congress

Hey everyone, The House Intelligence Committee has unique rules that apply to it, including how its

Hey everyone, Just a reminder -- today is THOMAS's last day. In lieu of flowers, donations can be

On the off-chance that some open-Housers (what a weird phrase, sorry!) are interested in the Senate,

Hi everyone, I recapped yesterday's Legislative Data and Transparency Conference, hosted by the

I thought you might enjoy this new blogpost on the vote Friday on funding for OCE. https://medium.com

Rep. Pearce has offered an amendment to cut funding for the House's ethics watchdog, the office

I've put up a blogpost recounting how the House went from publishing its financial books as 3

Hi everyone, This was a big debate yesterday (well, earlier today) on public access to CRS reports

In heartening news, today House Appropriators okayed a 1.5% increase for Member Representational

Hi everyone, The Bulk Data Task Force met last week and there's lots of good news. Here's the

Congress announced today that THOMAS will be retired on July 5. I've written about THOMAS and

Hi everyone, The bulk data task force is meeting tomorrow (wed) morning at 10:30. Thanks to the