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Demand Progress Proposals Included in FY 2023 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills and Report

By DanielSchuman June 24, 2022 34 min read

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the full House Appropriations Committee favorably (32-26) reported the FY 2023 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Bill (with amendments) and committee report. They are packed with good government reforms and significant investments in Congress’s capacity to legislate, conduct oversight, serve constituents, and more. We and our civil society colleagues made recommendations of […]

Tags: Appropriations, Modernization, House, Leg Support Agencies

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First Reactions to the Draft FY 2023 House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Bill

By DanielSchuman June 14, 2022 5 min read

The House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee today released its draft FY 2023 appropriations bill accompanied by a press release. The subcommittee markup is tomorrow at 11 am ET — the full committee vote is next Wednesday — and we won’t know what is in the committee report until the day before the full committee markup. […]

Tags: Appropriations, Modernization, House, Congressional Ops, Leg Support Agencies

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First Branch Forecast for May 31, 2022: Capture the Flag

By DanielSchuman May 31, 2022 12 min read

TOP LINE This week. Happy Memorial Day recess—both chambers are out this week, giving us (and hopefully you, too) a chance to take a break, or at least slow down. Approps. We were expecting Senate Leg branch approps hearing with the USCP, GAO, and Library of Congress last week, but it was postponed. Stay tuned. […]

Tags: Appropriations, Modernization, Rules, Data, Transparency, Congressional Ops

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First Branch Forecast for May 23, 2022: Member Days

By DanielSchuman May 23, 2022 17 min read

TOP LINE This week. The Senate is back Tuesday; the House has a committee work week. Approps hearings continue, with USCP, GAO, and the Library of Congress testifying re: their budget requests before the Senate Leg Branch SubCmte on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday, HSGAC will hold a markup for a slate of good government bills, some of which are […]

Tags: Office of Legal Counsel, Freedom of Information Act, Staff Pay, Modernization, Congressional Unionization, January 6, Legislation

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Congress’s Policy Support Agencies

By DanielSchuman October 22, 2021 15 min read

How Congress makes sense of the world was the focus of a House Modernization Committee hearing today that honed in on the operations of three support agencies: the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the Congressional Budget Office. It was one of the most insightful hearings of the 117th Congress. Congress created its […]

Tags: Modernization, Leg Support Agencies

9.29.21

Oral Presentation Before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Regarding Increasing Collaboration

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What Items Are Due to Congress: August 2021

By DanielSchuman August 2, 2021 25 min read

Congress regularly requests reports on strengthening Congress but there’s no central place to keep track of what they’ve requested. To help keep track of things, we built a public spreadsheet that maintains a catalog of projects, broken down by item due, entity responsible, and due date. The catalog covers reforms and requests ordered by the […]

Tags: Modernization, Rules, House, Data, Transparency, Congressional Ops, Leg Support Agencies

Reports & Analysis

What Items Are Due to Congress: July 2021

By DanielSchuman July 1, 2021 25 min read

Congress regularly requests reports on strengthening Congress but there’s no central place to keep track of what they’ve requested. To help keep track of things, we built a public spreadsheet that maintains a catalog of projects, broken down by item due, entity responsible, and due date. The catalog covers reforms and requests ordered by the […]

Tags: Appropriations, Modernization, Rules, House, Leg Support Agencies

5.1.20

FY 2021 Testimony on Modernization of Congressional Technology Before the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee

1.21.20

Tag: Modernization

Demand Progress Proposals Included in FY 2023 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills and Report

First Reactions to the Draft FY 2023 House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Bill

First Branch Forecast for May 31, 2022: Capture the Flag

First Branch Forecast for May 23, 2022: Member Days

Congress’s Policy Support Agencies

Oral Presentation Before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Regarding Increasing Collaboration

What Items Are Due to Congress: August 2021

What Items Are Due to Congress: July 2021

FY 2021 Testimony on Modernization of Congressional Technology Before the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee

Summary of the National Academy of Public Administration Report on Congressional Capacity on Science and Technology

Science, Technology, & Democracy: Building a Modern Congressional Technology Assessment Office

Recommendations on Continuity of Government to the Select Committee on Modernization

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