Daniel Schuman

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Daniel Schuman
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Education Emory University (BA, JD)
Occupation(s)Lawyer, Policy Advocate
EmployerAmerican Governance Institute
Notable workEvery CRS Report
First Branch Forecast
OpenGov Jobs List

Daniel Schuman is an American lawyer, technologist, and government transparency advocate serving CEO of the American Governance Institute. [1] [2] [3] He is an expert on good government policies in the legislative branch of the United States. [3] He was instrumental in the push to ensure public disclosure of CRS Reports, running a website called EveryCRSReport, which publishes all reports authored by the Congressional Research Service. [4] [5]

Schuman has worked at Sunlight Foundation, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Demand Progress, and POPVox Foundation. [6] [7] He runs the OpenGov Jobs listserv for transparency-focused positions, [8] and was formerly a fellow with CodeX: the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. [9]

Schuman regularly testifies in front of the United States Congress as a transparency advocate. [10] [11] [12] He "successfully lobbied for the creation of the Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds," an office in the House of Representatives dedicated to working with whistleblowers." [3] [13]

In 2024, Schuman founded a new nonprofit, the American Governance Institute, focused on improving processes and outcomes in the United States Congress. [3] He also writes and edits First Branch Forecast, a weekly email newsletter focused on government accountability. [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Law Via the Internet Conference". Cornell University Law Via the Internet Conference. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  2. ↑ "Congressional Data Coalition | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Papp, Justin (2024-07-30). "Daniel Schuman wants Congress to have nice things (like transparency)". Roll Call. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  4. ↑ SHUCHA, Bonnie (2016-10-26). "New Site Aims to Make Every CRS Report Publicly Available Online | WisBlawg". University of Wisconsin Law School Law Library. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  5. ↑ Howard, Alex (2016-10-19). "EveryCRSReport.com makes taxpayer-funded research freely available to the public". Sunlight Foundation. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Video: "Communications Forum: Civic Media and the Law"". MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  7. ↑ Hochmuth, Colby (2013). "Top 25 most influential people under 40 in gov and tech". www.fedscoop.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  8. ↑ Schuman, Daniel (2016-05-16). "How to Give Your Job Announcements Legs". Daniel Schuman. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  9. ↑ Stanford Law School. "People". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  10. ↑ Schuman, Daniel (April 2018). "Testimony Before the House of Representatives Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  11. ↑ "The Legal Information Institute Publishes Enhanced Constitution Annotated". blog.law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  12. ↑ "Congressional Salaries, Jan 6 2013 | Video | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  13. ↑ "Office of the Whistleblower Ombuds | Coaching the House on Best Practices". whistleblower.house.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  14. ↑ "Daniel Schuman Biography" (PDF). House Appropriations Committee - 118th Congress. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
  15. ↑ "Daniel Schuman". American Governance Institute. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
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