House Publishes U.S. Code in XML
BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, July 30 2013
The House of Representatives is now making the United States Code available for download in XML format, Speaker John Boehner's office announced today. Transparency advocates like Joshua Tauberer, creator of Govtrack, welcomed the move, but are still waiting on the publication of legislative data in bulk format. Read More
House Floor Summaries available in Bulk XML Format
BY Miranda Neubauer | Tuesday, January 8 2013
House floor summaries are now available for bulk download in XML format, the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced today. Read More
What Congress.gov Means for a Congressional API
BY Nick Judd and Miranda Neubauer | Wednesday, September 19 2012
The Library of Congress today unveiled beta.congress.gov, a new web platform offering legislative information that is expected to eventually replace the existing THOMAS system and the congressional Legislative Information System.
House leadership has promised to offer access to the underlying data that fuels THOMAS and has repeatedly expressed a commitment to doing it. They just haven't committed to doing it during this Congress. And the lack of action on something that seems to them to be eminently doable has advocates kind of frustrated.
Gayle Osterberg, Director of Communications for the Library of Congress, seemed to indicate in an email that the Library of Congress is ready to cooperate. They just need Congress — meaning the House and Senate both — to give them the go-ahead.
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