The Congressional Hackathon is a long-standing, bipartisan event hosted jointly by bipartisan House leadership. In 2023, the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) joined as a co-host for the first time. This joint effort delivers on a House Select Committee on Modernization recommendation to institutionalize the Hackathon.
The Hackathon brings together House Members, 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.
House Leaders also provide updates on the digital and data efforts within the legislative branch. Participants then break into different groups to actively brainstorm and explore new ideas on how to leverage technology to streamline and improve operations in the legislative branch.
Many of the ideas developed during Congressional Hackathons have since been adopted by Congress. Find a detailed recap of the last event, including in-depth descriptions of the resulting ideas, in the following report:
Listen to an AI-generated, 16-minute podcast-style recap of the event:
Listen to the 2024 Hackathon Podcast
Previous Hackathons:
2024 Report, Highlights Video, Full Video, Photos (Albums one, two, three)
2023: Report and Highlights Video
2017: Report, Highlights Video, and CSPAN Coverage
2015: Report and Highlights Video
2011: Report and Highlights Video