Reynold Schweickhardt, Director of Technology Policy (former), U.S. House of Representatives

Reynold Schweickhardt began his congressional service in 1995 working for the Committee on House Administration in various high IT and cyber related positions including; Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee Staff Director and Director of Technology. He also worked as the Chief of Staff, CIO and Chief of Technology Officer for the Government Printing Office.

Schweickhardt has modernized the House of Representatives by making it more efficient and secure. He led the creation for (1) DOCS.HOUSE.GOV to standardize public access to a permanent repository for documents from all House committees (2) the Legislative Branch Cyber Security Working Group that includes the House, Senate and 7 other Legislative Branch offices; (3) the Congressional App challenge, which encourages middle school and high school students to learn computer coding and pursue a career in computer science through district-by-district competitions; (4) a multi-year Legislative Drafting Modernization Project with the House Office of Legislative Counsel and the Office of Law Revision Counsel; and countless other projects. He also organized and moderated six annual Legislative Data & Transparency conferences with internal and external stakeholders.

Schweickhardt has represented the U.S. on a global scale in the cyber security and technology world. He created a cyber-peer group consisting of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and the parliaments of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, a group which he chaired from 2018-2019.

In May of this year, Schweickhardt joined the General Services Administration as Senior Technology Advisor.