The Congressional Hackathon is a long-standing, bipartisan event hosted jointly by bipartisan House leadership. Speaker Mike Johnson and Leader Hakeem Jeffries have announced the upcoming Sixth Annual Congressional Hackathon co-hosted with the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Catherine Szpindor. This joint effort delivers on a House Select Committee on Modernization recommendation to institutionalize the Hackathon.
Sixth Congressional Hackathon Details:
Hosts: Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor
Location: United States Capitol, CVC Auditorium
Date: September 19, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 6:00pm ET
This event is open to the public, but all participants are required to register in advance. The Congressional Hackathon brings together a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, congressional staff, legislative branch agency staff, open government and transparency advocates, civic hackers, and developers from digital companies to explore the role of digital platforms in the legislative process. Discussions range from data transparency to constituent services, public correspondence, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, committee hearings, and the broader legislative process.
The first hour will include brief remarks from Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, House Chief Administrator Szpindor, and updates on the digital and data efforts within the Legislative Branch. Participants will then be invited to break into different groups to actively brainstorm and explore new ideas on how to leverage technology to improve and open the legislative branch. Group topics will likely include legislative workflow and data, constituent casework and services, community communication and engagement, and artificial intelligence. Participants are encouraged to brainstorm new ideas in these areas in advance of the event.
All participants will reconvene for the final hour to hear recommendations and ideas from each group.
Many of the ideas that were developed during the three prior Congressional Hackathons have since been adopted by Congress. Find a detailed recap of those events, including in-depth descriptions of the resulting ideas, in the following summary reports:
2011 Congressional Hackathon summary report and highlights video
2015 Congressional Hackathon summary report and highlights video
2017 Congressional Hackathon summary report, highlights video, and CSPAN coverage.
2022 Congressional Hackathon summary report and highlights video
2023 Congressional Hackathon summary report and highlights video