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The TechCongress Podcast
by TechCongress
What’s it like working as a technologist in government? The TechCongress podcast highlights incredible civic technologists who are doing transformative work in the public interest technology (PIT) sector. We’ll interview TechCongress fellows and leading PIT experts to explore topics like transitioning careers from tech to public interest tech, the future of civic tech, and how civic technologists are driving the future of public policy.
Episodes
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January 2025 Congressional Fellowship Info Call
Weren't able to attend our informational call for our January 2025 Congressional Fellowships? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a TechCongress...
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PIT Series: Amanda Renteria
Amanda is currently the Chief Executive Officer at CodeforAmerica. CodeforAmerica is a non profit organization that looks to close the gap between policymakers and technologists to build digital tools and services that are accessible to all communities. Amanda has been involved in public service...
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PIT Series: Dr. Saiph Savage
Dr. Savage is currently an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, where she directs their Civic A.I. Lab. Her research in A.I. has led to her being recognized as one of the globally most impactful A.I. research by UNESCO, and was named one of the 35 innovators under 35 by the MIT Tech...
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June 2023 Congressional Fellowship Informational Call 2
Weren't able to attend our second informational call for our June 2023 Congressional Innovation Fellowship? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a...
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June 2023 Congressional Fellowship Informational Call
Weren't able to attend our informational call for our June 2023 Congressional Innovation Fellowship? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a...
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How to Host a Fellow
Are you an office seeking to host a TechCongress Fellow? Learn more about TechCongress' mission, the placement and onboarding process, and the impact that fellows can make in their placement office.
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Informational Call 2 - 2023 January Fellowships
Weren't able to attend our second informational call for one of our 2023 Fellowships? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a TechCongress fellow in...
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Informational Call - 2023 January Fellowships
Weren't able to attend our informational calls for one of our 2023 Fellowships? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a TechCongress fellow in Congress.
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2022 Fellows Series: Maia Hamin
Maia Hamin is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and working on issues related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the oversight and transparency of data use. Before joining TechCongress, Maia was a Privacy and Civil Liberties Engineer at Palantir. At...
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2022 Fellows Series: Seeyew Mo
Seeyew Mo is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and working on issues related to cybersecurity, technology, and national security. Before joining TechCongress, Seeyew was a Tech Lead at Salesforce, where he led engineers who created mobile features...
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2022 Fellows Series: Jennifer Hernandez
Jennifer Hernandez is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with the newly created House Digital Service, where she is helping to create a data roadmap and proof of concept that enables data-driven decision-making for the House. Before joining TechCongress, Jen was the City of...
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2022 Fellows Series: Christian Perez
Christian Perez is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and working on issues related to Medicaid data analysis, healthcare data privacy, and public health IT/surveillance modernization efforts. Christian utilizes artificial intelligence to research...
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2022 Fellows Series: Ro Encarnacion
Ro Encarnacion is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09) and working on issues related to technology and justice. Before joining TechCongress, Ro was an engineer at Stanford University working on a social impact tool for equity in representation...
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2022 Fellows Series: Ben Swartz
Ben Swartz is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and working on issues related to digital platforms, data privacy, and intellectual property. Before joining TechCongress, Ben worked at the non-profit Empower, building relational organizing software...
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2022 Fellows Series: Jack Cable
Jack Cable is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee under Chairman Peters (D-MI) and working on cybersecurity, misinformation, and disinformation. Before joining TechCongress, Jack was a security architect for the...
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2022 Fellows Series: Lauren Lombardo
Lauren Lombardo is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) and working on a variety of current and emerging technology issues. Before joining TechCongress, Lauren was a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen. She also holds a Master in Public Policy from…
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2022 Fellows Series: Joel Burke
Joel Burke is a 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX-11) and working on issues related to technology, defense, and energy. Before joining TechCongress, Joel was the Head of Business Development at the Republic of Estonia’s e-Residency program....
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2022 Congressional Innovation Scholars Informational Call
Weren't able to attend one of our informational calls for the 2022 Congressional Innovation Scholars Program? No worries, we recorded it for you! Listen to this episode to get more details on the application process, fellowship experience, and what our fellows have learned during their time as a...
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PIT Series: Rachel Dodell
Rachel Dodell is the executive director and co-founder of Coding It Forward, a non-profit organization by and for young people that works to create new opportunities and pathways into social impact and civic technology. Rachel's work focusing on harnessing technological talent for social impact…
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PIT Series: Andreen Soley
For our second episode of our Public Interest Tech (PIT) Series podcast, we sit down with Andreen Soley, the Director of the Public Interest Technology University Network, or PIT-UN, at New America. She has twenty years of experience working in the higher education and nonprofit sectors, and has...
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PIT Series: Jennifer Anastasoff
Jennifer Anastasoff is the founding member of the U.S. Digital Service at the White House and served as Head of People until late 2017. She co-founded and served as founding CEO of Fuse Corps, the nation’s top executive fellowship bringing mid-career leaders from the private sector to serve as...
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2022 Congressional Innovation Fellowship Informational Call
Want to learn more about the Congressional Innovation Fellowship or Scholars Program? Interested in getting some tips about the 2022 application? Intrigued about how to break through into policy? Listen to a recording of one of our info calls, hosted by Founder and Director, Travis Moore, to…
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Fellow Series: Mike Wacker
Mike Wacker is a 2021 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and working on tech issues relating to the Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee Before joining TechCongress, Mike was a software engineer with both Goggle and Microsoft. He was also a…
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Fellow Series: Hakan Seyalıoğlu
Hakan Seyalıoğlu is a 2021 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and working on digital platforms, broadband, privacy, and algorithm issues. Prior to joining TechCongress as a fellow, Hakan was a Technical Lead Manager at Google and co-founded Thorny Games…
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Fellow Series: Geoffrey Cain
Geoff Cain is a 2021 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with the House Foreign Affairs Committee Minority Staff and supporting a range of issues including China, tech sanctions, and investigative work. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Geoff was a technology journalist and…
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Fellow Series: Celeste Chamberlain
Celeste Chamberlain is a 2021 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee Majority Staff and supporting issues of cybersecurity and federal IT procurement. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Dr. Chamberlain was taught...
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Fellow Series: B Cavello
B Cavello is a 2021 Congressional Innovation Fellow who is serving with Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and supporting a range of tech issues including privacy, labor, algorithmic accountability, and disability rights. Prior to becoming TechCongress fellow, B was the Program Lead for the Partnership on...
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Fellow Series: Alex Prokop
Alex Prokop is a 2020 Congressional Digital Service (CDS) Fellow who served with the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and House Information Resources, where he supported efforts to modernize Congress' digital infrastructure. Prior to joining TechCongress as a CDS Fellow, Alex led...
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Fellow Series: Genevieve Fried
Genevieve Fried is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar who served with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and supported on issues of algorithmic accountability and justice. Before becoming a TechCongress Scholar, Genevieve worked at the AI Now Institute at NYU, where she researched the social and...
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Fellow Series: Noam Kantor
Noam Kantor is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar who served with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation staff under Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), where he worked with the Consumer Protection Subcommittee. Before becoming a TechCongress Scholar, Noam worked as a Civic...
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Fellow Series: Jackson Brietzke
Jackson Brietzke is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar who served with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Majority staff, where he supported on issues relating to national security and cybersecurity. Before joining TechCongress, Jackson worked for the Federal...
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Fellow Series: Crystal Grant
Crystal Grant is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar who served with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and supported on oversight, health care, and technology issues. Before becoming a TechCongress Scholar, Crystal worked as a Science and Technology Policy Mirzayan Fellow at the National...
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Fellow Series: Sohum Pawar
Sohum Pawar is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Scholar who served with Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and supported on cyber, energy, and environmental issues. Before becoming a TechCongress Scholar, Sohum explored tech-driven policy issues at the White House, EPA, a cyber threat…
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Fellow Series: Britney Lyons
Britney Lyons is a 2020 Congressional Digital Service (CDS) Fellow who served with the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and the Office of the Clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she supported on efforts to modernize Congress' digital infrastructure. Before joining...
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Fellow Series: Johncarlo Cerna
Johncarlo "JC" Cerna is a 2020 Congressional Digital Service (CDS) Fellow who served with the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress and House Information Resources, where he supported efforts to modernize Congress' digital infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before becoming a...
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Meet our CDS Director: Leisel Bogan
Leisel Bogan is the Director of the Congressional Digital Service (CDS) Fellowship and a Senior Congressional Digital Service Fellow. Prior to her current role, she served as a Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity, Technology and National Security in the office of Senator Mark Warner. She also worked…
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Fellow Series: Peter Terpeluk
Peter Terpeluk is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and supported work on technology and health care issues. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Peter earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and worked as a…
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Fellow Series: Victoria Houed
Victoria Houed is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and supported work on broadband adoption and policy, consumer online privacy, and autonomous vehicles. Before joining TechCongress, Victoria worked as a Software Engineer and Product Manager...
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Fellow Series: Walter Pope
Walter Pope is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and supported future of work, gig economy, and economic opportunity issues. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Walter was a Naval Special Warfare officer where he coordinated efforts across multiple...
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Fellow Series: John Yaros
John Yaros is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with Senate Homeland Security Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations under Chairman Rob Portman (R-OH) and supported work on investigations into cybersecurity, illicit finance, and technology. Previously, John was a…
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Fellow Series: Anna Lenhart
Anna Lenhart is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee under Chariman David Cicilline (D-RI), where she worked supported work on technology oversight and investigations. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Anna was a Senior Consultant...
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Meet our Founder: Travis Moore
Travis Moore created TechCongress to bring diverse technology talent, ideas, and training to Congress. Before beginning TechCongress, Travis was the Legislative Director for Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who had jurisdiction…
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What’s it like working as a technologist in government? The TechCongress podcast highlights incredible civic technologists who are doing transformative work in the public interest technology (PIT) sector. We’ll interview TechCongress fellows and leading PIT experts to explore topics like transitioning careers from tech to public interest tech, the future of civic tech, and how civic technologists are driving the future of public policy.
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