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All Actions Added to Congress.gov (and Other Updates)

Posted by: Andrew Weber

I recently blogged about some of the enhancements to Congress.gov in its first six months. Today’s update marks the fourth round of enhancements to Congress.gov since launch.  We are continuing the push to retire the beta label on the new system. As with previous releases, Jeanine updated the About section of Congress.gov to detail what’s …

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Six Months of Congress.gov

Posted by: Andrew Weber

It has been six months since we introduced Congress.gov. During that time we’ve been busy working to develop the beta into a full system. The first update after the September launch was in October when we made searching variants of citations easier. In November we continued to revise Congress.gov. With the start of the 113th Congress …

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Congressional Record Added to Congress.gov

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Following the launch of Congress.gov in September 2012, we made minor updates in October and November, and made the transition to the 113th Congress at the beginning of January.  Today, our public beta gets a big enhancement with the addition of the Congressional Record. The Congressional Record page defaults to the most recent issue with the tab for the Daily Digest selected and …