Earnestine E. Dawson, director of strategic planning and special projects for House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Steve Dwyer, senior director for innovation in the House Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, speak on stage at the Congressional Hackathon 6.0 on Sept. 19, 2024. (Photo by Madison Alder)
The sixth-ever idea-sharing and brainstorming event featured pitches for technologies that could make it easier to look up staff emails internally and create summaries of bills.
Facebook designer Blaise DiPersia addresses the first Congressional Hackathon in the Congressional Auditorium at the Capitol Visitors Center December 7, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Ideas from hackathons carry no formal weight, but many have been implemented over the years, including public access to raw legislative data and digitizing casework processes for…
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., delivers remarks during the Fourth Congressional Hackathon in the auditorium of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on April 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
