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The work of the former House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress will continue

The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress went out of business with the conclusion of the 117th Congress. But the committee's long list of recommendations will continue under a new subcommittee.

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Momentum continues toward modernizing Congress

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Congress' own reform committee wraps up its work and now its time to vote

Artificial Intelligence

Congress could use a dose of artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Can AI help Congress legislate more efficiently?

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Current, former Hill staffers say centralized authority needed to modernize Congress

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How the new House Digital Services team can make the House of Representatives a leader in digital transformation

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Jokes aside, could Congress function if something wiped out a lot of members?

Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Some members of Congress are working to make things more civil, in a Congress that works better

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House staffers could now make more than the representatives they work for

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Committee to reform House is off to a running start in the 117th Congress

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

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Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the morning sun illuminates the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill's main players are returning to Washington for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal making on a challenging menu of year-end business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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An update on modernizing Congress

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo dark clouds and heavy rain sweep over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. At least a government shutdown is off the table. But as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated pre-election session, hopes are fading for a pandemic relief bill, or much else. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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House Modernization Committee issues last round of recommendations

In this photo taken Thursday, April 2, 2015, Dr. Thomas Whetzel, chief of plastic surgery, consults with Army veteran Lisa at the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Sacramento hospital had the highest percentage of appointments delayed by at least a month among VA centers in California and ranked sixth-worst nationally out of 150 full-service VA hospitals.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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VA sees slight drop in facilities with staffing shortages

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House Modernization Committee approves continuity of operations recommendations

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IT Modernization

An update on Congress' IT development

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Keeping some sense of normalcy in Congress

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., left, speaks with Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Technology

Will the coronavirus be the push Congress needs to modernize long-standing inefficiencies?

A workman walks through the empty corridors of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill as lawmakers negotiate on the emergency coronavirus response legislation, in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Modernization committee leaders weigh in on continuity of operations, reopening

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Auditors not sure about expanding USPS services

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarter building in Washington. An FBI terrorism investigation that concluded last week with a 20-year prison sentence is atypical since it involves a defendant in the United States receiving funds from abroad to commit an attack locally. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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GAO says GSA is underreporting how much it spent on federal real estate

FILE - This March 6, 2016, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, shows the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) sails in the South China Sea. Taiwan says the U.S. Navy is free to sail through its strait after an American warship did so shortly following warnings from Beijing against foreign interference in its relationship with the island. Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, said the "USS Antietam conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit" Wednesday to Thursday "in accordance with international law." (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marcus L. Stanley/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

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More improvements needed to the Navy's training for driving ships