Congress lacks tech savvy

According to the Congressional Management Foundation, Congress is still inhibited by its inability to adapt to modern technological tools. From congressional websites to constituent e-mail, lawmakers and their staffs continue to underperform and overextend themselves. Following a period in September during which congressional e-mail was limited to prevent House websites from crashing due to constituents voicing their concerns over the economic bailout package, the CMF, after hundreds of interviews and surveys, suggested increasing the technological funding and resources available to congressional offices. CMF is planning to work with members of Congress to form a task force in hopes of creating a plan to improve office interoperability and constituent communication.