Cantor, Hoyer Release Congressional Hackathon Report Building On Bipartisan Digital Innovation Effort

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Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) issued the following report, outlining the discussions held at the first-ever Congressional Facebook Hackathon. The event brought together a bipartisan group of Members of Congress, Congressional staffers, Facebook developers and digital innovators to explore the connections between legislative data, constituent correspondence, and social media.

Leader Cantor stated, "We are dedicated to making the activities of this Congress transparent, accessible and useful for people around the country. In order to accomplish that, it is clear that we must use technology to build stronger connections between constituents and their elected officials by incorporating social media into daily Congressional operations. This report is the start of a bipartisan conversation on how to achieve these critical institutional reforms and further the communication with the people we represent."

Minority Whip Hoyer stated, "I am pleased that Congress is actively taking steps to update how it connects with the American people online, improve transparency and better interact with our constituents to keep them informed. There is still work to be done, but Democrats and Republicans alike understand the duty we share to make the legislative process as open and accessible as possible. This report continues the hard work of Members from both sides of the aisle in shaping how we can better connect the American people to their government in order to better serve them."

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