The following is a guest post by Amy Swantner, a specialist in legislative information systems management within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Imagine the following: you are interested in finding legislation about a specific topic. You carefully choose search terms you think will find those bills most relevant to your needs. …
Today’s interview is with Owen Henry, a legislative data analyst in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. My parents both worked for the Department of the Interior over in Foggy Bottom, so I grew up living around Washington, DC. I got a degree in political science from Oberlin College, then went …
Robert shared the recent Congress.gov enhancements in December, which included new Committee Schedule navigation and a compact view of cosponsors on legislation. This release includes a new feature that I have been looking forward to. In the XML/HTML view of legislation, you have the option to directly share a link to a section of the legislation. …