Joshua Tauberer
Encyclopedia
Joshua Tauberer is an open government
activist. He is the creator and maintainer of GovTrack
and a primary contributor to the The Open Senate project.
Joshua is currently employed at LARSA, Inc where he works on structural engineering software. His government and civic hacking are performed through his company Civic Impulse.
to make legislative information more easily accessible to everyone, providing research and tracking tools but also raw data feeds that third-parties use to create other services. He conceived the idea for GovTrack during his freshman year at Princeton
. The utility of the data that Tauberer made available on his site (and later became available on other sites) was part of the inspiration for Congressman Mike Honda
's legislation to provide new sources of legislative data for public repurposing.
.
He graduated from Princeton University
in 2004, and previously attended Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview, New York
.
Open government
Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight. In its broadest construction it opposes reason of state and racist considerations, which have tended to legitimize...
activist. He is the creator and maintainer of GovTrack
GovTrack
GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer who launched it as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills and members of the United States Congress. Users can add trackers to certain bills. The website collects data on Congress members, allowing the users to check...
and a primary contributor to the The Open Senate project.
Joshua is currently employed at LARSA, Inc where he works on structural engineering software. His government and civic hacking are performed through his company Civic Impulse.
GovTrack
Tauberer created GovTrackGovTrack
GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer who launched it as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills and members of the United States Congress. Users can add trackers to certain bills. The website collects data on Congress members, allowing the users to check...
to make legislative information more easily accessible to everyone, providing research and tracking tools but also raw data feeds that third-parties use to create other services. He conceived the idea for GovTrack during his freshman year at Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. The utility of the data that Tauberer made available on his site (and later became available on other sites) was part of the inspiration for Congressman Mike Honda
Mike Honda
Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda is an American Democratic Party politician. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for , encompassing western San Jose and Silicon Valley...
's legislation to provide new sources of legislative data for public repurposing.
Education
Tauberer holds a Doctorate in Linguistics from the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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He graduated from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 2004, and previously attended Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School in Plainview, New York
Plainview, New York
Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....
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External links
- Joshua Tauberer's Homepage
- GovTrack.us
- Civic Impulse, LLC
- A conversation with Joshua Tauberer about GovTrack
Interviews
- Tracking the US Congress on Jon Udell's Interviews with Innovators
- GovTrack opens up information on US legislature by Linux.comLinux.comLinux.com is the name of a website owned by the Linux Foundation. The site is currently a central source for Linux information, software, documentation and answers across the server, desktop/netbook, mobile, and embedded areas. Linux.com offers free Linux tutorials, news and blogs, discussion...
- Data crusader by Princeton Alumni Weekly