1.0https://www.congressionalappchallenge.usExec Directorhttps://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/author/cactransfer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yfkm7muKsu"><a href="https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/2017-congressional-app-challenge-doubles-in-participation-and-addresses-techs-diversity-gap/">2017 Congressional App Challenge Doubles in Participation and Addresses Tech’s Diversity Gap</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/2017-congressional-app-challenge-doubles-in-participation-and-addresses-techs-diversity-gap/embed/#?secret=yfkm7muKsu" width="600" height="338" title="“2017 Congressional App Challenge Doubles in Participation and Addresses Tech’s Diversity Gap” — " data-secret="yfkm7muKsu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/placeholder-3-1024x683.jpg1024683Coming off an exciting year, the Congressional App Challenge has released their numbers for the 3rd annual contest. Over 4,950 students from 42 states participated in the 2017 Challenge. This more than doubles the participation rate from the previous year. Addressing Tech’s Diversity Gap This unprecedented growth is due to the CAC footprint, which included […]