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http://congressionaldata.org/. Why a . ?. Millions of Americans use legislative information provided by third parties. For example, GovTrack , in 2013, had. 8 million unique users. And Cornell’s Legal Information Institute , in 2013, had. 39 million page views.
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Why a ?
Millions of Americans use legislative information provided by third parties.
For example, GovTrack, in 2013, had 8million unique users.
And Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, in 2013, had 39 million page views of the US Code alone.
Government uses legislative information provided by third parties, too.
For example, Capitol Bells is used by 250 Members of Congress and 6,500 staffers.
And GovTrack is used by • 80 Congressional websites (widgets) • Congress’l staff: 2,500 daily page views • House and Senate leadership
But…whya ?
Improved access to information • Build new services and platforms
The United States Project (Github) https://github.com/unitedstates
Sunlight Congress API 565,146,724 calls since creation
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We have recommendations on best practices… and will continue to work in partnership with Congress to expand access to legislative information.