{"id":7063,"date":"2022-01-12T17:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T22:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T18:47:07","slug":"joint-center-joins-open-gov-hub-panel-on-lack-of-transparency-in-congressional-staff-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/joint-center-joins-open-gov-hub-panel-on-lack-of-transparency-in-congressional-staff-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Center Joins Open Gov Hub Panel on Lack of Transparency in Congressional Staff Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nJoint Center Senior Researcher Dr. LaShonda Brenson <span>appeared on an Open Gov Hub panel<\/span><span> discussing the need to modernize Congress, \u201c\u200b\u200bFrom Contested to Continuity to Collaborative? 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