When it comes to Hill staffers, we know privacy is of the utmost importance. Until now, platforms that claim to be staffer-friendly, have not prioritized their privacy. Dome is here to change that — We provide tools for ambitious public policy staffers and do not treat them, or their data, as “the product.” If you are a professional in public policy, Dome is a safe way to discover, learn, meet, and grow.

Our unique social network can be summarized by our four core principles: Transparency, User Control, Collaboration, and Community.

Transparency

We will always be completely straightforward on how we operate our site. For example:

Where do we get our information? Dome creates profiles about people working in public policy, including Members of Congress, their staffers, and registered lobbyists, collected from official U.S. government data providers.

How do we make money? We host sponsors, but never reveal the identity of any viewer of any message at any time.

User Control

Only the individual to whom the profile relates can claim his or her profile.

We encourage our users to share additional information about themselves, such as their educational degrees and the public policy issues that interest them most. Users are free to delete additional information at any time, leaving only the information about themselves that is required by law to be disclosed to the public.

Collaboration

Our job is to make collaboration easy, rewarding, and safe. We work with you to create a profile that has only the data that you want to share with us or that is included in government-mandated directories of public policy professionals.

Community

We aim to help public policy professionals find others who have information about topics of interest to them and lower the barriers to meeting in real life.

Before a user completes the process of claiming a profile, they must pledge never to personally attack, impugn motives, or use vulgarity. We believe the absence of toxic ambushes will encourage more productive discourse among public policy professionals.