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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This was a great year for Congress.gov. We built upon the work from last year and continued to migrate and improve the Century of Lawmaking content on Congress.gov. In February we added the Congressional Globe to the site and later in November added the Register of Debates. We now have migrated all of the planned content from Century of Lawmaking to Congress.gov.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today's release has multiple smaller enhancements that were also based on user feedback. You are now able to search just titles on the CRS Products Quick Search Form. We added LinkedIn to the share section of the Share/Save toolbar. The Senate Communications search results have now been adjusted to display Number – Descending by default.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
One of my favorite posts to do for In Custodia Legis is the annual recap for Congress.gov. Last year was terrific, and this year we were able to keep building on that success. We have been working on incorporating the Century of Lawmaking site into Congress.gov.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The Congress.gov enhancements for December of 2023.
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today’s interview is with Suneewan Creech. Suneewan is a legislative data specialist in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Before working in CRS, Suneewan worked in the Law Library of Congress. Read her original interview. Describe your background. I started my Library of Congress career as a contractor in the Law Library. I worked as …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
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. …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Earlier this month, Margaret highlighted the new addition to the Committee Schedule, which shows, under Supporting Documentation, any related metadata, links to legislation, treaties, or nominations. Today’s release continues to refine the Committee Schedule. Enhancements for July 2019, Part 1 Enhancement – Committee Schedule – Weekly View Committee Schedule weekly view includes a calendar-based date picker …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
In April, Robert shared that the new “LIVE” icon was added to the homepage when a House committee hearing is streaming. With this month’s release, we have updated our committee profile pages so that when you click on legislation or other items in the list you will then have arrows to take you to the next and previous items …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
Congress.gov celebrated its sixth birthday this year on September 19. It has come a long way since the initial beta website, which was launched with filters, the status of legislation tracker, legislative process videos, a mobile friendly responsive design, and member pages. Those were all items that were not available on the former THOMAS website. …