Our program hypothesis was that Congress was hungry for technical expertise. Within a few days of our first cohort of fellows landing in Congress in 2016, we knew we'd proven our hypothesis correct.
Politico Influence: Andres Bascumbe is joining TechCongress
The Intercept: CONGRESS TO GET MORE MONEY TO SCRUTINIZE GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE AND SPIES
The Intercept reports that the House Intelligence Committee lacks the funding to hire sufficient staff to conduct investigations.
Meet the Fellows: Chris Soghoian
Meet the Fellows: Sunmin Kim
Meet the Fellows: Joel Usher
Three in the Senate, one in the House. Here's where our 2017 fellows are now serving in Congress
The Intercept: Congress May Lack Technical Expertise To Properly Investigate Russian Hacking
The Intercept writes about the congressional capacity to investigate Russia's involvement in the 2016 election.
Meet the Fellows: Maurice Turner
What I Learned: My Year as a Congressional Innovation Fellow
WTOP: New company aims to help vets shift skills to civilian careers
Announcing our 2017 Congressional Innovation Fellows!
Application Deadline Extended to Sunday, October 2, 2016
Recruiting Events throughout September
Congressional staff should be as diverse as the U.S. Here’s why they're not (and how we’re trying to build a program that is).
Lessons from the CivicX Accelerator
Permanent Innovation Fellows (part II)
Roll Call: Staffer Raise Might Pay for Daily Coffee
Orientation: What We Learned
Recode: A Silicon Valley-led third party is not going to restore faith in government
Recode writes about Silicon Valley's potential to work with the U.S. Government by presenting a third-party alternative in the 2016 Presidential election.