EOTrack

A web application that tracks and monitors U.S. Executive Orders and their current status with regard to legal challenges.

Overview

EOTrack provides a real-time dashboard of Executive Orders, showing their current status with any legal challenges (enacted, challenged, or overturned) with an easy-to-use interface. The application automatically updates daily by scraping the Federal Registry for new information.

Data Acknowledgements

The data used here is provided via API access from the following:

• Presidential Documents via the Federal Register
• Docket/Court updates provided by Free Law Project and Court Listener

Features

• 📊 Live tracking of Executive Order statuses
• 🔍 Search/filter functionality
• 🌓 Dark/Light mode support
• 🤖 Automated daily updates via GitHub Actions
• 📱 Responsive design

Technology Stack

• Frontend: React with Vite
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• Icons: Phosphor Icons and Primer Octicons
• Data Collection: Python scraper
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• Python 3.x

Setup

• Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/timheuer/eotrack.git
cd eotrack

• Install dependencies:

npm install  # Frontend dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt  # Python dependencies

• Start the development server:

npm run dev

Data Updates

The application automatically updates its data daily through a GitHub Action that runs at 15:00 UTC. The scraper collects information from the Federal Registry and updates the data files in the repository. Presidential orders on whitehouse.gov take a few days before officially registered in the Federal Registry.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.