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http://congressionaldata.org/

Why

a

?

Millions of Americans use legislative information provided by

third parties.

For example, GovTrack, in 2013, had

8 million unique users.

39 million page views

And Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, in 2013, had

of the US Code alone.

Government uses legislative information provided by third

parties, too.

For example, Capitol Bells is used by

250 Members of Congress

and

6,500 staffers.

And GovTrack is used by

• 80 Congressional websites (widgets)• Congress’l staff: 2,500 daily page views• House and Senate leadership

But…

why

a

?

1) Improved access to information

2) Build new services and platforms

1) Access to information

The United States Project (Github)

https://github.com/unitedstates

Sunlight Congress API

565,146,724 calls since creation

Statutes At Large Project

2) New services and platforms

Scout

Sunlight’s Congress App

(Leg)Cyte

Ok,

but…

why

a

?

Congress

External

Stakeholde

rs

Better info for

everyone

We believe…

We are…

a coalition of citizens, public interest groups, trade associations, and businesses that champion greater

governmental transparency through improved public access to and long-term preservation of

congressional information.

Capitol Bells (Leg)Cyte

Competitive Enterprise Institute LegisWorks

CREW Open Gov Foundation

Data Transparency Coalition OpenTheGovernment.org

Electronic Frontier Foundation Participatory Politics Foundation

Engine Advocacy R Street Institute

Fastcase Sunlight Foundation

Free Government Information Tech Freedom

GovTrack.us WashingtonWatch.com

We have recommendations on best practices…

and will continue to work in partnership with Congress to expand access to legislative information.

http://congressionaldata.org/