The
‘LegisWeb Eye’ is a new legislative information service, launching on
July 1st.
The LegisWeb Eye presents news, opinion, discussion, and the
latest official status on the policies of the State of California.
People who are interested in the developing laws of California will get
concise summaries from multiple points of view. News is gathered from
dozens of respected sources. Diverse opinions from Fox&Hounds,
other prominent bloggers and columnists, and the politicians that
represent California are presented together. Links are provided back to
the sources for the complete stories.
The site includes free basic bill tracking so that readers can follow the policies and issues as they develop.
For a sneak preview, go to beta.legisweb.com. Starting on July 1, the public is invited to participate at www.legisweb.com, or follow the activity at @legisweb on Twitter and ‘LegisWeb’s Eye’ on Facebook.
"In an era where partisan quarrelling has come to dominate the news, we
built LegisWeb’s Eye to refocus the discussion on the underlying policy
debate. With all the posturing and maneuvering by our politicians and
candidates for office, it is easy to lose sight of the real issues
facing the state. LegisWeb’s Eye addresses this by using advanced
software algorithms to sift through the noise to bring public
discussions and the proposed policy changes together in a very useful
way" says Grant Vergottini, a co-founder at LegisWeb.
LegisWeb’s Eye is built upon LegisWeb’s existing premium bill tracking
service. Since 2007, LegisWeb has been providing professionals such as
lobbyists, corporations, and advocacy groups a comprehensive bill
tracking services. LegisWeb pioneered "As Amends the Law" – which
highlights the changes to the law being proposed by pending
legislation. LegisWeb is also the only bill tracking service that has
continuous monitoring for real-time updates.
LegisWeb is a product of Xcential Group, LLC, a software and consulting
company focused on Legislative systems. Xcential has been providing
consulting and systems to the State of California’s Office of
Legislative Counsel (OLC) and other customers since 2002. Xcential’s
LegisPro Editor is the bill drafting system and LegisPro Publisher is
the publishing system for the OLC. These products have been used by the
Legislature to create all legislation since 2005, totaling over 50,000
bills and amendments.