LinkedLegislation Blog

I am excited to be going to the U.S. House Transparency conference tomorrow (Thursday) and the Sunlight Foundation's Transparency Camp on Friday and Saturday. Less excited for the redeye flight tonight.Much of the work Xcential has been involved with, as part of the House Modernization Project, will be on view... [Read More]

I've been there. You created an application for work on a micro AWS instance in your own account (Account1) just to test a few things out. It was free back then, or at least really cheap. But of course, the app grew and you've moved to a small, maybe even... [Read More]

People who think government should do less and people who think government should do more can agree on this: government should do better. Even a polarized Congress can unanimously agree on certain measures to improve government work. As discussed in my last post, the DATA Act's unanimous passage gives fresh... [Read More]

This is the most polarized Congress ever. It has been mathematically proven. Before you turn to the good news in my next paragraph, do read the proof, discussed in the Slate article by Jordan Ellenberg in that last link. The article also provides proof that I traveled with the smart set in college.... [Read More]

My last recruiting post did so well (welcome again, Ian Davey) I'm doing it again. We are looking for someone who wants to help us redefine government publishing of legal information: laws, reports, and other documents. Xcential works with the U.S. House of Representatives, the State of California, Hong Kong, among... [Read More]