Commitment to DEI — Blog — TechCongress

Commitment to DEI

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Government Needs Diverse Public Interest Technologists to Improve Services

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A former fellow, Victoria Houed, mentioned TechCongress in her blog post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review:

This feeling of empowerment as a newly minted public interest technologist prompted me to apply to TechCongress, a year-long fellowship that places technologists into a congressional office or committee. I had no idea when I applied that I would end up working for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2020 or that two months after my arrival in Washington, DC, a deadly pandemic would begin.

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Measuring Diversity: A look at how we're doing

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Measuring Diversity: A look at how we're doing

At the end of each recruitment cycle, we’re committed to publishing our diversity metrics. It’s important that we be transparent about where we’re succeeding and where we’re falling short. Here is that information. 

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Focusing on Minority Fellowships on Capitol Hill

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Focusing on Minority Fellowships on Capitol Hill

We wanted a better understanding of where organizations are using funds to address technical deficiencies in Congress and where minority-focused organizations need help in securing technology-specific fellows.  We’ve compiled the following information about other existing fellowship programs.

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