Earnestine E. Dawson, director of strategic planning and special projects for House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Steve Dwyer, senior director for innovation in the House Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, speak on stage at the Congressional Hackathon 6.0 on Sept. 19, 2024. (Photo by Madison Alder)
The sixth-ever idea-sharing and brainstorming event featured pitches for technologies that could make it easier to look up staff emails internally and create summaries of bills.
Human oversight, comprehensive policies, and testing and evaluation are among the guardrails in a new “flash report” from the Committee on House Administration.
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 7: (L-R) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrive for a bipartisan candlelight vigil with members of Congress to commemorate one month since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, at the U.S. Capitol November 7, 2023 in Washington, DC. In addition to the roughly 1,400 people killed in the October 7 attack, Hamas is still holding around 240 hostages in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that there will be no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip until all of the hostages held by Hamas are released. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pick 24 members that will be charged with producing “forward-looking recommendations and bipartisan policy” on the technology.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., delivers remarks during the Fourth Congressional Hackathon in the auditorium of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on April 6, 2022 in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
House Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member Mike Bost (R-IL) urges veterans to seek help if they are feeling suicidal during a news conference with (L-R) Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images).
The bill would require the VA to ensure its five existing EHR sites meet or exceed performance baselines before taking the system live at any additional locations.
A bicyclist rides past the US Capitol at dusk as the House meets to vote on a rules package for the 118th Congress, in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images).
