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The Congress.gov Top 17 in 2017

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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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for November 2017, Part 2

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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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for November 2017

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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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for September 2017, Part 2

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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A Congress.gov Interview with Adrienne Keys, Specialist in Legislative Information Systems Management

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 …

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Congress.gov Tip, Top, and New for August 2017

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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How To Download Your Congress.gov Search Results

Posted by: Andrew Weber

With the recent update to Congress.gov, you can now download your search results in a comma-separated value (CSV) file.  This is a feature that I have heard users request almost as long as they have requested email alerts for legislation. We have limited the number of search results that you can download from a single …

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Reaching a Web Traffic Milestone on Congress.gov

Posted by: Andrew Weber

The following is a guest post by Natalie Buda Smith, user experience team supervisor at the Library of Congress. In recent blog posts, we shared how we continuously conduct usability testing and regularly release enhancements to make Congress.gov easier to use and search. We also use data analytics to understand website traffic, by monitoring visits, …