it would not surprise you that steve dwyer oversees all of that. we've graduated 50 staffers so far this year. the office continues to manage the house democrats official resume, which is an innovative digital platform that allows anyone to enter and then a current staffer to submit recommendations. the targeted difference in improving the diversity of our house democratic staff. last spring my office launched with watch to point out, a major update to our popular app, which has 5000 active users including members, staff and people up the hill who could use the act to follow by those on the release of postwar information. if you have an interest and i hope you do in the house, you ought to add with watch to your bones and other devices. all of these efforts, both bipartisan and within our respective parties have the same goal. helping restore faith in government by making it more transparent, more accessible to those we serve and more effective. i spoke at length in recent years about the need to renew america's faith in our government. as a force

>> that particular app just came out of the beta and it is used to the democratic whip and a steve dwyer who is the head of technology for the democratic office. that was instrumental in helping some of the design and technical aspects of it that are unique to the wage works. >> can any of the hill offices use this? >> they can. is available and congressman hoyer is using it out of production. we have received about two dozen requests from members who are also using it. >> there is a privacy concern with casework. >> there is. we are company that has been on capitol hill for a long time in 2001, and it is the first company that had a server house firewall. we still build into those websites for members of congress and committees and that sort of thing as well. we are well-versed in all of the security requirements. >> what is your background? >> it is sort of a hybrid of technology and politics. i grew up, i'm a third-generation in my generation -- i'm a third-generation to work on capitol hill. i worked at the hill and have been involved in politics and the political side of working the

: so that app, that particular app just came out of beta and is used by the democratic whip and steve dwyer who is the head of technology for the democratic caucus was instrumental in helping some of the do design and technical aspects of it that are unique to the way hill offices work. >> host: so can any of the hill offices use this? >> guest: they can. it's available, and congressman hoyer began -- brought it out of beta several weeks ago and is now using it in production. and just since he started in production we've received about two dozen requests for members who are interested in using it. >> host: now, mr. leary, there's a real privacy concern when it comes to case work. >> guest: there is. so dotgov is a company that's bonn capitol hill for -- been on capitol hill for a long time. it's the first private company that had servers behind the house firewall, and we've been steeped in all of the security and requirements, and we still build and host web sites for members of congress and committees and that sort of thing as well. so we're, we're well-versed in all of the security requir

. >> and now i'm "the communicators," want to introduce you to steve dwyer, one of the organizers of something called a congressional hacker fund. worst of all, would you do for a living? >> i work for democratic whips and a lawyer in the state of maryland could have been with them for 15 years and handle all things digital and technology, but technology policy, but also digital strategy for all house democrats. >> where did

. >> now on the communicators, we want to introduce you to steve dwyer, one of the organizers of somethingled the congressional hackathon. what do you do for a living? >> i work for democratic with steny hoyer. i have been with him for 16 years and i ha a