1. http://congressionaldata.org/

2. Why a ?

3. Millions of Americans use legislative information provided by third parties.

4. For example, GovTrack, in 2013, had 8 million unique users.

5. 39 million page views And Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, in 2013, had of the US Code alone.

6. Government uses legislative information provided by third parties, too.

7. For example, Capitol Bells is used by 250 Members of Congress and 6,500 staffers.

8. And GovTrack is used by 80 Congressional websites (widgets) Congress’l staff: 2,500 daily page views House and Senate leadership

9. But… why a ?

10. 1)Improved access to information 2)Build new services and platforms

11. 1) Access to information

12. The United States Project (Github) https://github.com/unitedstates

13. Sunlight Congress API 565,146,724 calls since creation

14. Statutes At Large Project

15. 2) New services and platforms

16. Scout

17. Sunlight’s Congress App

18. (Leg)Cyte

19. Ok, but… why a ?

20. Congress External Stakeholders Better info for everyone We believe…

21. 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 InstituteLegisWorks CREWOpen Gov Foundation Data Transparency CoalitionOpenTheGovernment.org Electronic Frontier FoundationParticipatory Politics Foundation Engine AdvocacyR Street Institute FastcaseSunlight Foundation Free Government InformationTech Freedom GovTrack.usWashingtonWatch.com

22. We have recommendations on best practices… and will continue to work in partnership with Congress to expand access to legislative information.

23. http://congressionaldata.org/