ANNOUNCEMENTS

Winners of the 2023 Rise Global Challenge Will Join 200 Past Winners Worldwide to Receive Access to a Lifetime of Benefits Washington DC, Nov. 28, 2022 – The Congressional App Challenge, a project of the Internet Education Foundation, announced its partnership with Rise to increase diversity among applicants in the United States in hard-to-reach areas. Rise […]

Newsflash!!! – The second episode of Debugged, featuring Gabrielle Hibbert, has officially dropped!  Listen to it now on all streaming platforms! Welcome back to the alumni-led Congressional App Challenge Debugged Podcast!  If you’re new to Debugged, here’s a bit about the podcast.  Launched last year by the Congressional App Challenge Alumni Advisory Board, the Debugged […]

The 2022 Congressional App Challenge smashed previous participation records, as it drew to a close on November 1st, 2022. All told, 9,011 students registered for this year’s competition – creating 2,707 fully-functioning apps for 335 Members of Congress across 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. The […]

Season Two of the alumni-led Congressional App Challenge Debugged Podcast starts today! The first episode of this season’s Debugged Podcast featuring Representative Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) who also serves as a co-chair of the Congressional App Challenge.

The 2022 Congressional App Challenge is underway, and this year, we’re working to get more educators involved than ever before. The Congressional App Challenge is a great experience for your students, but don’t take our word for it – take it from Alefiya Master, Founder and CEO of the award-winning app development program, MAD-learn.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives has come together to launch the 2022 Congressional App Challenge. Over 250 Members of Congress have already signed up to host App Challenges in their districts, with more expected in the coming weeks. Registration is now open for students, and more detailed rules and guidelines can be found on our website.Apple Kickstarted the […]

This summer we are pleased to welcome three new interns to the Congressional App Challenge team: Kiarah Raglin as our Diversity & Inclusion intern, and Shealyn Massey and Kalysta Garland as Congressional Affairs Interns. Shealyn and Kalysta are students at UC Berkeley who discovered the App Challenge internship through the university’s Cal in the Capital […]

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional App Challenge and its partners at the Internet Education Foundation are excited to welcome the newest addition to our team, Collin Allen. Taking over as Congressional Operations Coordinator, Collin will be the Challenge’s frontline liaison connecting today’s members of Congress with tomorrow’s coding talent.

Over 900 App Challengers, Members of Congress, and tech professionals took part in last week’s #HouseOfCode, the largest student app developer demo day of its kind. Hundreds of Members of Congress virtually hosted their districts’ Congressional App Challenge winners for a student celebration demo day unlike anything else in Washington, and if you missed out, you […]

Congressional App Challenge                                                                    April 20th, 2021   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   #HouseOfCode, Most Prestigious Demo Day in Student CS, to Celebrate Challenge Winners Nationwide Starting TODAY