The main reading room at the Library of Congress. (Steve Moses / Flickr) Library of Congress is spending $1.5M on a public Congressional Research Service reports website. Is it worth it? The library's implementation plan, and critiques from some in civil society, is raising a quintessential tension in civic tech. Jul 12, 2018 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
Congress needs to revive in-house tech office, think tank says Since the Office of Technology Assessment was cut in 1995, policymakers have struggled to understand and create laws around new technology, a think tank argues. Jan 30, 2018 By Michelai Graham