Posts from LegiStorm's DevBlog https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:38:43 -0400 en LegiStorm adds Q4 salary analytics and turnover data https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post293 <p>LegiStorm has processed and published the latest data and analytics on staff salaries and official expenditures for members, committees, leadership and administrative offices of the House of Representatives, covering the period from October 1 to December 31, 2023. LegiStorm staff extensively clean and edit salary and expenditure records before making the information available online in our&nbsp;<a href="/salaries.html">searchable salary database</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/expenses.html">expenditure reporting tools</a>.</p><p>This allows subscribers to explore in-depth data and trends in House member expenditures and vendors; salary analysis by position, office and education; and turnover in member offices.</p> LegiStorm has processed and published the latest data and analytics on staff salaries and official expenditures for members, committees, leadership and administrative offices of the House of Representatives, covering the period from October 1 to December 31, 2023. LegiStorm staff extensively clean and edit salary and expenditure records before making the information available online in our searchable salary database and expenditure reporting tools.

This allows subscribers to explore in-depth data and trends in House member expenditures and vendors; salary analysis by position, office and education; and turnover in member offices.

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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:38:43 -0400
LegiStorm adds House Q4 salaries and expenses https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post292 Today, LegiStorm published the fourth quarter (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always, our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate profiles. These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. And they were added to a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers.<p>The fourth quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.</p> The fourth quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.

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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:03:19 -0500
LegiStorm publishes longform member biographies https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post291 <p>This week, LegiStorm published longform personal biographies for current members of Congress.</p><p>Subscribers can see these in the Biographical section of a member's web page (for example, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' biography can be found <a href="/person/bio/196306/Hakeem_Sekou_Jeffries.html">here</a>).</p><p>The LegiStorm team created these written biographies using members' official and campaign websites, among other sources. Biographies provide up-to-date information on a member's career history, educational background, personal life and more. We'll continue to monitor and update member biographies to reflect relevant changes in each member's life.&nbsp;</p> This week, LegiStorm published longform personal biographies for current members of Congress.

Subscribers can see these in the Biographical section of a member's web page (for example, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' biography can be found here).

The LegiStorm team created these written biographies using members' official and campaign websites, among other sources. Biographies provide up-to-date information on a member's career history, educational background, personal life and more. We'll continue to monitor and update member biographies to reflect relevant changes in each member's life. 

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Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:36:54 -0500
LegiStorm adds latest Senate salary data https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post290 <p>The Secretary of the Senate recently released the salary records for the second half of FY2023 (Apr. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023)</p><p>The LegiStorm team processed the records, extensively cleaning and editing the data to create an accurate salary history for individual staffers. The next Senate salary records are expected in early June 2024.&nbsp;</p> The Secretary of the Senate recently released the salary records for the second half of FY2023 (Apr. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023)

The LegiStorm team processed the records, extensively cleaning and editing the data to create an accurate salary history for individual staffers. The next Senate salary records are expected in early June 2024. 

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Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:39:48 -0500
LegiStorm adds House Q3 salaries and expenses https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post289 Today, LegiStorm published the third quarter (Jul. 1 to Sep. 30) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always, our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate profiles. These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. And they were added to a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers.<p>The third quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.</p><p>The Senate salary and expense records for the second half of Fiscal Year 2023 will be available soon.</p> The third quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.

The Senate salary and expense records for the second half of Fiscal Year 2023 will be available soon.

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Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:08:07 -0500
LegiStorm adds House Q1 salaries and expenses https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post288 Today, LegiStorm published the first quarter (Jan. 1 to March 31) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always, our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate profiles. These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. And they were added to a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers.<p>The first quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.</p><p>The Senate salary and expense records for the first half of Fiscal Year 2023 will be available soon.</p> The first quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.

The Senate salary and expense records for the first half of Fiscal Year 2023 will be available soon.

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Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:50:42 -0400
LegiStorm has published preliminary staff lists for nearly all members-elect https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post287 <p>LegiStorm has published&nbsp;<a href="/member_elect.html" target="_blank">preliminary staff lists</a>&nbsp;for all but three members-elect, already adding 111 staffers for the incoming freshman class's 80 members.</p><p>LegiStorm has added this data considerably sooner than in years past. In coordination with incoming members and their teams, we'll continue to add new names daily as offices hire and fill out their staff rosters for the 118th Congress.</p><p>In addition to seeing recent updates on the LegiStorm site, LegiStorm subscribers can get custom email notifications of staff updates by setting contact list Lightning Alerts. Use the Advanced Staff Search to create a custom contact list -- based on offices, roles, issues covered, geography, or a combination of factors. If you choose the Set a Lightning Alert option on the list's management page, we'll update your custom list each night and send you an email when people are added, removed or modified (i.e., staff who change positions).</p> LegiStorm has published preliminary staff lists for all but three members-elect, already adding 111 staffers for the incoming freshman class's 80 members.

LegiStorm has added this data considerably sooner than in years past. In coordination with incoming members and their teams, we'll continue to add new names daily as offices hire and fill out their staff rosters for the 118th Congress.

In addition to seeing recent updates on the LegiStorm site, LegiStorm subscribers can get custom email notifications of staff updates by setting contact list Lightning Alerts. Use the Advanced Staff Search to create a custom contact list -- based on offices, roles, issues covered, geography, or a combination of factors. If you choose the Set a Lightning Alert option on the list's management page, we'll update your custom list each night and send you an email when people are added, removed or modified (i.e., staff who change positions).

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Fri, 02 Dec 2022 16:01:10 -0500
LegiStorm adds second-quarter house salaries, expenses and vendor data https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post286 <p>Today, LegiStorm published the second quarter (April 1 to June 30) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate information. These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles.&nbsp;</p><p>As always, this data is available in a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers, including our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses.html">Official Expenses search</a>&nbsp;comparing different members' budgets and spending, our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses/search.html">Expenses full-text search</a>&nbsp;and our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses/top_vendors.html">Top Vendors list and search</a>.</p><p>The second quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.</p> Today, LegiStorm published the second quarter (April 1 to June 30) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate information. These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. 

As always, this data is available in a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers, including our Official Expenses search comparing different members' budgets and spending, our Expenses full-text search and our Top Vendors list and search.

The second quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.

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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:41:49 -0400
Congressional Record search and alerts are now available https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post285 LegiStorm is pleased to announce the launch of a&nbsp;<a href="/congress_reports/Congressional_Record.html">Congressional Record search</a>&nbsp;that finally allows users to search specific comments made by specific members of Congress.<p>The official Congressional Record search is based on the full list of members who spoke at any time in a section - so search results for &quot;Nancy Pelosi&quot; and &quot;infrastructure&quot; might include numerous items where she made procedural statements without saying anything about the subject at hand.</p><p>The LegiStorm Congressional Record search takes a more useful approach - for all substantive member remarks, we match one specific member to the exact paragraphs during which they are speaking. In our search, results for &quot;Nancy Pelosi&quot; and &quot;infrastructure&quot; will only include items where she specifically has something to say on the issue.</p><p>LegiStorm Lightning Alerts - custom notifications about updates important to you - are available as part of our Congressional Record search. Subscribers can create Lightning Alerts to get instant email notifications based on comments made by a particular list of members (Democrats, Republicans, members from California or New York, a hand-selected list, etc.) about the issues they care about most. Both the Congressional Record search and Lightning Alerts are available only to Pro Premium subscribers.</p> Congressional Record search that finally allows users to search specific comments made by specific members of Congress.

The official Congressional Record search is based on the full list of members who spoke at any time in a section - so search results for "Nancy Pelosi" and "infrastructure" might include numerous items where she made procedural statements without saying anything about the subject at hand.

The LegiStorm Congressional Record search takes a more useful approach - for all substantive member remarks, we match one specific member to the exact paragraphs during which they are speaking. In our search, results for "Nancy Pelosi" and "infrastructure" will only include items where she specifically has something to say on the issue.

LegiStorm Lightning Alerts - custom notifications about updates important to you - are available as part of our Congressional Record search. Subscribers can create Lightning Alerts to get instant email notifications based on comments made by a particular list of members (Democrats, Republicans, members from California or New York, a hand-selected list, etc.) about the issues they care about most. Both the Congressional Record search and Lightning Alerts are available only to Pro Premium subscribers.

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Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:37:19 -0400
LegiStorm expands privately funded congressional travel search capabilities https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post284 <p>Today LegiStorm updated our <a href="/trip/search.html">Privately Funded Congressional Travel Search</a> to add a custom member list search filter. The travel disclosure database lets subscribers see which members and staffers have accepted free travel, including the details of when, where, why, how much it cost and what private organization paid for it all.</p> <p>This is the latest expansion of our custom member list functionality, which provides powerful targeted search capabilities and Lightning Alert notifications throughout the LegiStorm site, including the <a href="/pro/bio_search.html">Advanced Staff Search</a>, <a href="/stormfeed/index.html">StormFeed</a> press releases and tweets, <a href="/townhall.html">Town Halls</a> and many other data sets. Subscribers can easily create and save lists of current senators and representatives based on geography, education, committee or caucus membership, political party, or any combination of these criteria. To learn more about creating and using member lists, see <a href="/index/about_contact_lists.html">About Member, Staff and State Legislator Lists</a>.</p> Today LegiStorm updated our Privately Funded Congressional Travel Search to add a custom member list search filter. The travel disclosure database lets subscribers see which members and staffers have accepted free travel, including the details of when, where, why, how much it cost and what private organization paid for it all.

This is the latest expansion of our custom member list functionality, which provides powerful targeted search capabilities and Lightning Alert notifications throughout the LegiStorm site, including the Advanced Staff Search, StormFeed press releases and tweets, Town Halls and many other data sets. Subscribers can easily create and save lists of current senators and representatives based on geography, education, committee or caucus membership, political party, or any combination of these criteria. To learn more about creating and using member lists, see About Member, Staff and State Legislator Lists.

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Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:39:03 -0400
Latest Senate salary data is now available https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post282 <p>The Secretary of the Senate recently released the salary records for the first half of FY2022 (Oct. 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022) a couple of weeks after the publication deadline.</p> <p>The LegiStorm team processed the records, extensively cleaning and editing the data to create an accurate salary history for individual staffers. The second half of the 2022 Senate fiscal year data is expected at the end of November.</p> The Secretary of the Senate recently released the salary records for the first half of FY2022 (Oct. 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022) a couple of weeks after the publication deadline.

The LegiStorm team processed the records, extensively cleaning and editing the data to create an accurate salary history for individual staffers. The second half of the 2022 Senate fiscal year data is expected at the end of November.

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Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:52:37 -0400
LegiStorm adds first-quarter house salaries, expenses and vendor data https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post281 Today, LegiStorm published the first quarter (Jan. 1 to March 31) House of Representatives salary and expense records. As always our team has extensively cleaned and processed the official data released by the Clerk of the House to make sure we provide the most useful and accurate profiles.<p>These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. And they were added to a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers, including our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses.html">Official Expenses search</a>&nbsp;comparing different members' budgets and spending, our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses/search.html">Expenses full-text search</a>&nbsp;and our&nbsp;<a href="/expenses/top_vendors.html">Top Vendors list and search</a>.</p><p>The first quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.</p><p>The Senate has not yet published their salary and expense records for the first half of Fiscal Year 2022, despite it being several days past the government-mandated deadline. We will process and publish the Senate data as soon as it is available. </p> These latest salary and expense records (including the original PDF pages) are now available for browsing on member, office or staffer profiles. And they were added to a variety of tools for our Pro-Lite, Pro and Pro Premium subscribers, including our Official Expenses search comparing different members' budgets and spending, our Expenses full-text search and our Top Vendors list and search.

The first quarter salary data will be added to our salary analytics and turnover tools shortly.

The Senate has not yet published their salary and expense records for the first half of Fiscal Year 2022, despite it being several days past the government-mandated deadline. We will process and publish the Senate data as soon as it is available.

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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:36:55 -0400
Congressional publications search is now live https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post280 <p>Today we added a new&nbsp;<a href="/congress_reports.html">Congressional Publications</a>&nbsp;module to the site, available for LegiStorm subscribers. This feature includes full-text search of committee prints, congressional documents and congressional reports from 1995 to today. These reports, published by Congress or its committees, provide research and background information on proposed legislation, executive departments, special investigations and a wide variety of other topics.</p> <p>These reports supplement a variety of documents we already have, including Congressional Research Service reports, Government Accountability Office reports, Congressional Budget Office cost analyses and Statements of Administration Policy from the Office of Management and Budget.</p> Today we added a new Congressional Publications module to the site, available for LegiStorm subscribers. This feature includes full-text search of committee prints, congressional documents and congressional reports from 1995 to today. These reports, published by Congress or its committees, provide research and background information on proposed legislation, executive departments, special investigations and a wide variety of other topics.

These reports supplement a variety of documents we already have, including Congressional Research Service reports, Government Accountability Office reports, Congressional Budget Office cost analyses and Statements of Administration Policy from the Office of Management and Budget.

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Wed, 01 Jun 2022 07:58:58 -0400
See which contact lists a person is in https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post279 We added a new feature to our Person Summary pages today thanks to a recent customer request. When a LegiStorm subscriber visits the page of a saved contact, they'll see a section on the page showing which contact list(s) the person appears in.&nbsp; Wed, 25 May 2022 13:59:58 -0400 Latest Senate salary data added https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post278 <p>LegiStorm has processed and published the latest salary records released for Senate congressional staffers, based on the months-delayed Report of the Secretary of the Senate covering the period from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2021.</p> <p>Prior to publishing this dataset, our content team extensively cleaned and edited the data, making it easy to use and ensuring subscribers can see a complete and accurate salary history for individual staffers. Also included are member, leadership, committee and administrative offices salary data.</p> <p>The salary release for the House Q1 2022 data and for the first half of the 2022 Senate fiscal year is expected at the end of this month.</p> LegiStorm has processed and published the latest salary records released for Senate congressional staffers, based on the months-delayed Report of the Secretary of the Senate covering the period from April 1 to Sept. 30, 2021.

Prior to publishing this dataset, our content team extensively cleaned and edited the data, making it easy to use and ensuring subscribers can see a complete and accurate salary history for individual staffers. Also included are member, leadership, committee and administrative offices salary data.

The salary release for the House Q1 2022 data and for the first half of the 2022 Senate fiscal year is expected at the end of this month.

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Tue, 10 May 2022 13:14:37 -0400
New foreign agent registration search https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post277 <p>As part of an ongoing series of updates shedding light on lobbying activities and the revolving door, we just launched a&nbsp;<a href="/lobbying/list_fara.html">new search interface for filings related to the Foreign Agent Registration Act</a>. FARA requires certain people and individuals engaged in political activities on behalf of a foreign entity to disclose the relationship and periodically report on activities and disbursements.</p> <p>While LegiStorm has long provided this information as part of our biographical and organization profiles, for the first time subscribers can search our full database of FARA filings going back to the 1950s. Filings can be searched by registrant, client, lobbyist and date. Full-text search is available for more recent filings with extractable text.</p> As part of an ongoing series of updates shedding light on lobbying activities and the revolving door, we just launched a new search interface for filings related to the Foreign Agent Registration Act. FARA requires certain people and individuals engaged in political activities on behalf of a foreign entity to disclose the relationship and periodically report on activities and disbursements.

While LegiStorm has long provided this information as part of our biographical and organization profiles, for the first time subscribers can search our full database of FARA filings going back to the 1950s. Filings can be searched by registrant, client, lobbyist and date. Full-text search is available for more recent filings with extractable text.

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Tue, 03 May 2022 11:51:24 -0400
Quick congressional staff search and list building for roles and issues https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post276 <p>Today LegiStorm launched two new congressional staffer search pages for our subscribers.&nbsp; The&nbsp;<a href="/pro/issue_staff_search.html">Issue Staff Search</a>&nbsp;allows quick and easy searching and list-building based on issue assignments and/or primary caucus contacts in member personal offices. The&nbsp;<a href="/pro/role_staff_search.html">Role Staff Search&nbsp;</a>similarly lets subscribers quickly pull lists of chiefs of staff, press secretaries, or other staff filling key office roles. Search results can be added to a contact list for download with the click of a button.</p> <p>As with all of our search-based staff contact lists, Pro Premium subscribers can create Lightning Alerts to get email notifications when one of their saved lists changes - for example, if an office replaces their legislative director or a new staffer is assigned to cover Energy issues.</p> <p>We added these new search pages based on the feedback of customers who asked for a simple way to quickly build their most common contact lists. For subscribers looking to build more complex searches across member, committee, leadership and/or administrative staff, our powerful&nbsp;<a href="/pro/bio_search.html">Advanced Search</a>&nbsp;continues to offer a wide range of search filters based on position, location, education, and other criteria.</p> Today LegiStorm launched two new congressional staffer search pages for our subscribers.  The Issue Staff Search allows quick and easy searching and list-building based on issue assignments and/or primary caucus contacts in member personal offices. The Role Staff Search similarly lets subscribers quickly pull lists of chiefs of staff, press secretaries, or other staff filling key office roles. Search results can be added to a contact list for download with the click of a button.

As with all of our search-based staff contact lists, Pro Premium subscribers can create Lightning Alerts to get email notifications when one of their saved lists changes - for example, if an office replaces their legislative director or a new staffer is assigned to cover Energy issues.

We added these new search pages based on the feedback of customers who asked for a simple way to quickly build their most common contact lists. For subscribers looking to build more complex searches across member, committee, leadership and/or administrative staff, our powerful Advanced Search continues to offer a wide range of search filters based on position, location, education, and other criteria.

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Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:03:17 -0400
Issue lists for members and committees https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post275 <p>Starting today, LegiStorm subscribers will see a &quot;Issues List&quot; option under the Staff tab on congressional member and committee pages. This new page lists the primary staff contact assigned to each legislative issue for the office. Additionally, member pages list the primary caucus contacts for any caucus the member chairs.</p><p>With the click of a button, subscribers can build custom lists of issue or caucus-based contacts. Premium subscribers can set up lightning alerts on these lists to get email notifications when the relevant issue assignments are updated.&nbsp;</p><p>Prior to today, LegiStorm displayed issues for all staff but not in one easy alphabetical issue list.</p> Starting today, LegiStorm subscribers will see a "Issues List" option under the Staff tab on congressional member and committee pages. This new page lists the primary staff contact assigned to each legislative issue for the office. Additionally, member pages list the primary caucus contacts for any caucus the member chairs.

With the click of a button, subscribers can build custom lists of issue or caucus-based contacts. Premium subscribers can set up lightning alerts on these lists to get email notifications when the relevant issue assignments are updated. 

Prior to today, LegiStorm displayed issues for all staff but not in one easy alphabetical issue list.

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Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:38:47 -0400
Improved charts for lobbying analytics https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post274 <p>Based on user feedback, we made improvements to the chart display in our new premium analytics product. Subscribers will find it even easier to see year over year trends in lobbying, as well as changes over time for individual firms.</p><p>These premium lobbying features are available only to our Pro Premium subscribers, including congressional subscribers with the Pro Gov: Office subscription level.</p> Based on user feedback, we made improvements to the chart display in our new premium analytics product. Subscribers will find it even easier to see year over year trends in lobbying, as well as changes over time for individual firms.

These premium lobbying features are available only to our Pro Premium subscribers, including congressional subscribers with the Pro Gov: Office subscription level.

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Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:38:27 -0400
Top House vendors list released https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post269 Top House of Representatives vendors can now be viewed via simple&nbsp;<a href="/expenses/top_vendors.html">lists</a>.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The vendor lists comes from Members Representational Allowance data released by the House quarterly. LegiStorm assembles the data and cleans it extensively, matching it with our organization and people data.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The vendor lists show which vendors rank the highest overall or among Democrats, Republicans and freshman members. It can also be filtered by year and spending category.&nbsp;</div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div> lists. 

The vendor lists comes from Members Representational Allowance data released by the House quarterly. LegiStorm assembles the data and cleans it extensively, matching it with our organization and people data.
 
The vendor lists show which vendors rank the highest overall or among Democrats, Republicans and freshman members. It can also be filtered by year and spending category. 


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Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:35:53 -0400
Changed navigation menu design https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post273 <p>We have overhauled our top navigation menu to make it easier to find features that users need.</p><p>The previous navigation scheme used nested lists which made discovering all options more difficult. The new navigation scheme relies on a two-dimensional grid that makes it easier to see all the relevant options available.&nbsp;</p> We have overhauled our top navigation menu to make it easier to find features that users need.

The previous navigation scheme used nested lists which made discovering all options more difficult. The new navigation scheme relies on a two-dimensional grid that makes it easier to see all the relevant options available. 

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Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:12:20 -0400
LegiStorm launches a new premium lobbying product https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post265 Today, LegiStorm launched its latest premium feature upgrade, a lobbying analytics product.<p>Users can get much greater insight into the lobbying activity by corporations, unions, lobbying firms and other lobbying registrants. Registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act are required to file quarterly activity reports, as well as new client registrations and terminations.</p><p>The newest LegiStorm features provide insight about how a registrant's activity changes over time, in terms of dollars spent, clients engaged, lobbyists employed and issues lobbied. We show the known party break-down of the lobbyists based on their congressional histories and largest clients served.</p><p>A filing search feature allows users to find all lobbying filings by client, issues, specific issues, report type or date.</p><p>These premium lobbying features are available only to our Pro Premium subscribers, including congressional subscribers with the Pro Gov: Office subscription level.</p><p>We have additional lobbying-related and other features we plan to launch over the coming months.</p> Users can get much greater insight into the lobbying activity by corporations, unions, lobbying firms and other lobbying registrants. Registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act are required to file quarterly activity reports, as well as new client registrations and terminations.

The newest LegiStorm features provide insight about how a registrant's activity changes over time, in terms of dollars spent, clients engaged, lobbyists employed and issues lobbied. We show the known party break-down of the lobbyists based on their congressional histories and largest clients served.

A filing search feature allows users to find all lobbying filings by client, issues, specific issues, report type or date.

These premium lobbying features are available only to our Pro Premium subscribers, including congressional subscribers with the Pro Gov: Office subscription level.

We have additional lobbying-related and other features we plan to launch over the coming months.

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Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:24:32 -0400
LegiStorm adds fourth-quarter house salaries, expenses, salary analytics, and turnover data https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post272 <p>LegiStorm has processed and published the latest salary records for staffers in the House of Representatives that were released by the Clerk of the House. LegiStorm has cleaned and extensively edited the data, which covers the period from October 1 to December 31, before publishing the salary information online. </p><p>This data was also added to a variety of tools that allow subscribers to explore in-depth data and trends in House member expenditures and vendors; salary analysis by position, office and education; and turnover in Member offices.</p> LegiStorm has processed and published the latest salary records for staffers in the House of Representatives that were released by the Clerk of the House. LegiStorm has cleaned and extensively edited the data, which covers the period from October 1 to December 31, before publishing the salary information online.

This data was also added to a variety of tools that allow subscribers to explore in-depth data and trends in House member expenditures and vendors; salary analysis by position, office and education; and turnover in Member offices.

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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:51:50 -0500
LegiStorm provides in-depth House expenditure search and analysis https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post266 LegiStorm is pleased to announce a new feature allowing users to explore House of Representatives expenditures in greater depth.<p>While we previously allowed searches of congressional expenses, now LegiStorm allows precise tallying of expenditures to individual vendors and detailed categorization of expenditures by office.</p><p>Which direct mailing firms do the most business with member offices? Which vendor receives the largest payments from your favorite member of Congress? Questions like these can now be answered with LegiStorm's new vendor searching.</p> While we previously allowed searches of congressional expenses, now LegiStorm allows precise tallying of expenditures to individual vendors and detailed categorization of expenditures by office.

Which direct mailing firms do the most business with member offices? Which vendor receives the largest payments from your favorite member of Congress? Questions like these can now be answered with LegiStorm's new vendor searching.

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Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:25:44 -0500
LegiStorm adds latest salary data and analysis for House staffers https://www.legistorm.com/dev_blog/list.html#post271 <p>LegiStorm has processed and published the latest data and analytics on staff salaries and official expenditures for members, committees, leadership and administrative offices of the House of Representatives, covering the period from July 1 to September 30. LegiStorm staff extensively clean and edit salary and expenditure records before making the information available online in our&nbsp;<a href="/salaries.html">searchable salary database</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/expenses.html">expenditure reporting tools</a>.</p> <p>The next release of House salaries is expected in late February for the House (which releases data quarterly).</p><p>The deadline for the Senate to publish its semi-annual report covering April 1 to September 30 was on November 29. However, the Secretary of the Senate states that the report is delayed and will be published as soon as possible. LegiStorm will continue to monitor and will publish this data as soon as it is available.</p> LegiStorm has processed and published the latest data and analytics on staff salaries and official expenditures for members, committees, leadership and administrative offices of the House of Representatives, covering the period from July 1 to September 30. LegiStorm staff extensively clean and edit salary and expenditure records before making the information available online in our searchable salary database and expenditure reporting tools.

The next release of House salaries is expected in late February for the House (which releases data quarterly).

The deadline for the Senate to publish its semi-annual report covering April 1 to September 30 was on November 29. However, the Secretary of the Senate states that the report is delayed and will be published as soon as possible. LegiStorm will continue to monitor and will publish this data as soon as it is available.

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