If a client is interested in, for example, telecom issues, he or she can be e-mailed every day with information on related bills. Particular bills and committees can be tracked and reported on for a client. Clients can be notified of meeting changes and cancellations by page, cell phone or e-mail. Bills and topics can be located with a search engine. Changes in the texts of bills are reported as they move through the Legislature.
Subscribers can share notes an comment on bills online.
Seven to eight more staff members are hired for sessions of the Legislature. Rene Parker is managing director of the Santa Fe office, and John Uranga is in charge of information services. He said legislative activity becomes more complex every year. People need information and better tools to manage it.