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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This has been a great year for Congress.gov. In 2016 Congress.gov page views jumped more than 20% over 2015. The jump in 2017 was even bigger, with over 90% more page views than the previous year! We also saw our first day with more than a million page views. Our @Congressdotgov Twitter account is closing in on 50,000 …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
We are excited to bring you the latest Congress.gov updates for December! New Enhancements for December 2017 Enhancements – Committee Authority Project Phase 2 The Committee Authority Project is a multi-phase project to improve access to committee information. Full official names of Joint Committees display on committee profile pages and on the Committees of the U.S. Congress landing page. …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This is the second update to Congress.gov in November. If you missed part one, take a minute to read it to see what else we have worked on this month. Search Tip Adrienne recently featured this search tip on the Congressional Record: Looking for daily edition issues of the Congressional Record from 1989-1994? You can browse them on …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
October was a big month for Congress.gov with the addition of House Communications. November continues our frequent update release schedule that we started back in July. Search Tip Adrienne recently posted a great search tip, Sort Legislation by Number of Cosponsors: Want to sort legislation by number of cosponsors using Congress.gov? Follow these steps to …
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Posted by: Robert Brammer
As part of our latest Congress.gov enhancements, we are excited to provide access to House Communications transmitted from January 6, 2015-present (since the 114th Congress convened). House Communications frequently consist of petitions by state and local officials, memorials, messages from the President, and reports submitted to the House by executive agencies that are sometimes required by federal …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
We continue our new short sprint development cycle for Congress.gov that we started in July and have continued in August and September. We are now able to bring enhancements to you at a more frequent pace and fix bugs or other issues even quicker. As I talk to people who train others on Congress.gov, I find that …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Adrienne Keys, specialist in legislative information systems management within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I started my government career at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. I worked first as an unpaid intern while I finished my bachelor’s degree at George …
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Last month kicked off the first Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New post. Today, we’re bringing you the new Congress.gov enhancements for September, as well as a search tip and the latest most-viewed bills. Search Tip Adrienne Keys continues to share helpful search tips on Congress.gov. A recent tip was to remind users that the default search operator …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
I recently mentioned that we are doing releases for Congress.gov that are more frequent and smaller in scope. Rather than posting highlights of just the new enhancements, I thought it would be good to share a little more from across Congress.gov including the featured search tip and the top 10 most-viewed bills. Search Tip Adrienne …
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