FedScoop covers an analysis of the positive impact of the TechCongress program:
But for TechCongress, a year-long fellowship that places technologists in the offices of members of Congress, the spectacle was also an opportunity — a rare moment when wide public consciousness was focused on the need for more tech expertise on the Hill.
Now, TechCongress just needs the lawmakers themselves to view in-house tech expertise as a necessity, rather than a luxury.