SMART Program (Strategic Monitoring, Analysis, Reporting, Tracking); State/Local Legislative Monitoring; Issue Management

Legislative monitoring requires knowledge of the issues, state practices and knowledge of the client. It would be difficult to monitor legislation without the background and intimate understanding of the issue at hand. Our team is experienced and trained to be familiar with the process and the client’s issues. We recognize the challenges of simultaneously managing legislative and regulatory issues in multiple jurisdictions.

Prospects for the passage of pending bills and emerging issues, upcoming regulatory revisions are accessed via legislators, executive branch officials, industry staff and local experts. We will design and deliver a carefully targeted legislative monitoring service for all issue managers with an additional critical element—perspective developed as follows:

• Meet with client to identify issues and priorities
• Create a customized strategic plan
• Analyze the potential impact
• White paper beginning and end of session with talking points
• Weekly status updates during session
• Daily status reports on hot issues during session
• Report to client in oral presentation before and after session if needed
• Maintain relationships with government-elected officials
• Maintain relationship with agency key personnel
• Monitor administrative rules/policies
• Monitor new legislation
• Work closely with legislative and executive branches
• Cultivate support for client
• Business-to-business networking
• Identify problems
• Identify opportunities and solutions
• Develop coalitions
• Create grassroots support and constituency management