modernizing member and committee data 2014 legislative data and transparency conference thursday,...

MODERNIZING MEMBER AND COMMITTEE DATA2014 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Why modernize Member/Committee Data?

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Current data is Not in one central collection available for

distribution Missing a number of data elements, such

as swearing in date/time temporal (time) data

Not all elements are available in machine-readable format

Project Goals3

The Member and Committee Modernization Project seeks to improve how House member and committee data is maintained, used, and distributed across the House, within the Legislative Branch, and to the public.

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Sample Data that will be included

Start and end times for Congress and sessions Member data

Name information and unique id Current State/District; Previous State/District Phone number(s) Website Election date Swearing date/time Leadership positions Seniority

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Sample data that will be included

Committee/Subcommittee Data Unique ID Complete full committee name, shortened

name Committee type Websites (minority and majority, if

applicable) Organizational date for committee and

subcommittee

Input and Feedback6

One of three ways: Use your phone with messaging Use your twitter account Go to a website.

Email us directly at Xml-comments@mail.house.gov

To provide additional comments to the technical folks, email

xml-comments@mail.house.gov

Additional Discussion12

Kirsten Gullickson

Office of the ClerkU.S. House of

Representatives

Kirsten.Gullickson@mail.house.gov

ThankyouMerciGracias