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MeasureCongress is a Boston-based project focused on data-driven approaches to understanding Congress and the federal government.

Our objectives are to produce useful software tools, data and guides that aid the public in understanding government.

Recent Posts

OSINT For Journalism: FOIA & Search Engine Operators

Watch this five minute open source intelligence guide to learn advanced search engine operators for journalists.

A Beginner's Guide to Congressional Data for 2021

Data-rich resources from around the web on Congress and the Federal Government.

Spectral Geography: Boeing's Montana Playground

Using data on experimental radio tests, we found a partially abandoned Cold War town shared by one of the world's largest defense contractors and a small enclave of anti-government radicals.