The Congressional Record app will be retired on February 28, 2023.
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/02/time-to-retire-the-congressional-record-app/
Congress.gov celebrated its sixth birthday this year on September 19. It has come a long way since the initial beta website, which was launched with filters, the status of legislation tracker, ...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2018/12/the-congress-gov-top-18-in-2018/
Today’s interview is with Chalonda Newman, quality assurance lead for Congress.gov within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) of the Library of Congress. Describe your backgr...
This has been a great year for Congress.gov. In 2016 Congress.gov page views jumped more than 20% over 2015. The jump in 2017 was even bigger, with over 90% more page views than the previous y...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/12/the-congress-gov-top-17-in-2017/
This has been an exciting year working on Congress.gov. In April we announced that THOMAS would be retired on July 5, which is when we officially pulled the plug. Congress.gov matured over t...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/01/the-congress-gov-top-16-in-2016/
A version of the following article originally appeared in the July 1, 2016, edition of Library of Congress staff newsletter, The Gazette. THOMAS, which launched with great fanfare on January 5, 1...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/07/time-to-say-goodbye-to-thomas/
Today Congress.gov continues to be enhanced with the addition of a new Advanced Search Guided Form, a more web-friendly version of the Congressional Record Daily Digest, new and updated browse r...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/06/new-congress-gov-enhancements-including-advanced-search/
After announcing legislation, Members of Congress, and the Congressional Record email alerts last year, I began to see requests for saved search email alerts. This is a feature that was not av...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/06/new-saved-search-email-alerts-on-congress-gov/
Last year’s most viewed new post on In Custodia Legis was Legislation Email Alerts on Congress.gov. The email alerts are an excellent addition to the system that allow you to track a specif...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/05/new-email-alerts-and-rss-feeds-on-congress-gov/
One of my favorite THOMAS related posts was of the THOMAS Starting Point, which featured the homepage of the site when it launched on January 5, 1995. It seems only fitting to share the photo...
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/04/time-to-turn-off-thomas-july-5-2016/