OurGov
OurGov is a software platform that helps businesses, nonprofits, legislators & trade associations work more efficiently. We aim to save time (and money) for those involved in Wisconsin’s legislative process.
We support:
Email notifications for bill activity relating to subject areas (tags), bills, or committees you subscribe to.
Lobbying time reports and hours logging for easily sending to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
Calendar syncing automatically pushes public hearings from bills you care about to your calendar.
Side-by-side companion bill comparison.
Quick email functionality to legislators or lobbying principals.
Quickly assess which legislators are likely to support a proposal based on their sponsorship history.
A customizable home feed that shows you only the legislation you're interested in
...and so much more!
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The Soft Edge
Build self-updating email lists to congressional office staff, caucus staff, leadership staff and committee staff. Reach lawmakers in all 50 states. Manage advocate email lists. Easily build and send modern emails that look great on any device. Track performance with in-depth reports and improve open rates. Connect advocates to lawmakers in Congress and all 50 states by phone, fax, email, Facebook and Twitter. Reach regulators. Send letters to the editor. Learn about candidates in upcoming elections and more. Reach your supporters quickly by text message for calls to action. Our advocacy and engagement tools were built to be mobile first. Recruit and engage advocates at events with SMS keywords. Learn about new legislation you care about as it’s introduced. Be notified when legislators are talking about your issues in social media and press releases. Stay on top of upcoming committee hearings, townhall meetings and staff changes on the Hill.
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CQ Knowlegis
Know your legislators, who they are, what they do, and how to reach them. Build mailing lists and compose emails all in one place. Create highly customizable, saved lists based on congressional profiles, issue area, party, role, staff, chamber, delegation, or voting record. Send messages that look like they came from you, rather than a mass mailing tool, with our easy-to-use message builder. Our staff verifies contact and role information for both staffers and legislators; we don’t wait for databases to update. Messages sent through Knowlegis are as close to white-listed as you can get. The most up-to-date contact information, the highest deliverability rate to the hill, and more effective outreach. Knowlegis is the best way to contact Congress & support your advocacy efforts.
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FastDemocracy
The FastDemocracy legislative bill tracking software empowers political newcomers and professionals to be more informed and effective advocates for policy change, by keeping them up to date on state and Congress legislation. Tracking bills is hard, especially if you rely on state legislature websites. Each year, thousands of bills get filed in every state legislature in the country (that's about 180,000 bills nationwide). Legislation gets introduced by bill sponsors, heard in committees, amended, passed, and becomes law. That's thousands of bill texts, hearings, votes, and amendments to keep track of. If you want to be an effective advocate, you need to know what action to take and when to take it. We can help you stay up to date on bills you care about, so you can take timely action. FastDemocracy makes it easy to track legislation in Congress and all 50 states, so you don't miss legislative bill actions that are important to you.
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