by jpitney | Mar 16, 2020 | Congress, House of Representatives, Technology
At LegBranch.org, Joshua Huder acknowledges that the House might have to use remote voting in emergencies, but argues that it should not become routine. Most proposals would limit remote voting to “noncontroversial” measures–basically, bills considered under...
by jpitney | Mar 1, 2020 | House of Representatives, Technology
Claire Abernathy, Kevin Esterling, and Marci Harris at LegBranch.org: As a complex, distributed system of 441 individual offices, 20 committees, two party leadership offices, and a dozen or so administrative and research support agencies, House technology has,...
by jpitney | Jan 8, 2020 | Bureaucracy, Technology, Uncategorized
Garrett Johnson and M. Anthony Mills at LegBranch.org: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) serves as Congress’s watchdog and plays a critical role in holding the federal government accountable to the American people. In November, the comptroller general issued...
by jpitney | Dec 18, 2019 | Congress, Deliberation, Technology, Uncategorized
M. Anthony Mills at LegBranch.org: Political momentum is building to revive the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a congressional agency that once provided lawmakers with nonpartisan technical expertise. Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang...
by jpitney | Dec 12, 2019 | Civility, Congress, Deliberation, Technology
Recommendations of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Making Congress More Effective, Efficient and Transparent Streamline the bill-writing process to save time and reduce mistakes. Finalize a new system that allows the American people to...
by jpitney | Dec 10, 2019 | Congress, Technology, Uncategorized
Samantha McDonald and Melissa Mazmanian at LegBranch.org: Currently, uses of technology in Congress are preventing citizens from meaningfully engaging with their policymakers. Technologies such as constituent databases provide helpful tools for collecting, storing,...