FedScoop releases an article on the problem TechCongress is ardently seeking to address:
The mission of TechCongress is simple: to bring more tech expertise to the legislative body that, while in charge of making impactful technology policy decisions, often lacks the behind-the-scenes knowledge necessary to do so well. Fellows work in congressional offices or as staff of congressional committees during their year on Capitol Hill. Past fellows have worked for Sens. Ron Wyden, Cory Gardner, Kristen Gillibrand and the House Oversight Committee, to name just a few placements.
TechCongress launched in 2016 with its inaugural class of just two fellows, but since then the lack of tech expertise in Congress has become a significantly more popular talking point. “The Zuckerberg hearings were a game changer,” TechCongress founder Travis Moore told FedScoop this summer, referring to the Facebook CEO’s April appearance before senators. “We shouldn’t let a good crisis go to waste.”