This has been a really exciting June for FastDemocracy. Earlier this month, we announced our acquisition of Hello Citizen. If you have never heard of them, you can read all about it below. The big takeaway: Hello Citizen is a natural fit for FastDemocracy as we continue to grow.
Also in this edition: our team will build a free custom legislator Vote Scorecard based on the topics, bills and legislators you followed over the last legislative session, and then show you how it all works on a demo.
— Conner Kerrigan, VP of Marketing
Hello, Democracy: FastDemocracy acquires Hello Citizen
FastDemocracy announced this month that we acquired Hello Citizen, a municipal government monitoring and intelligence platform. The acquisition is part of our ongoing effort to reach even more municipal-level governments and expand the company’s suite of tools.
The acquisition of Hello Citizen is a dynamic expansion of FastDemocracy’s product offering. Our data processing infrastructure will enhance Hello Citizen’s customizable cross-jurisdictional analysis and reports for businesses looking to expand into new municipal markets, companies evaluating regulatory environments in dozens of jurisdictions, lobbyists anticipating what their clients will need next, and more.
Read more about the acquisition in Government Technology, the St. Louis Business Journal, Startland News, bizblip, or the German-language IT Boltwise.
Webinar: Get the most out of FastDemocracy
Are you getting everything you can out of your Free FastDemocracy account?
In this webinar, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer Sara Baker and VP of Marketing Conner Kerrigan walk through tips, best practices and features that even regular users have not fully explored (full recap: Webinar: Get the most out of FastDemocracy), including:
- Smarter ways to track bills and legislative topics
- How to collaborate with your friends and colleagues
- How to look up and follow your legislators
- A walkthrough of paid features like campaign tools, legislator scorecards and TranscriptAI
If you have been using FastDemocracy and want to go deeper, this is the session for you.
Free Vote Scorecard
FastDemocracy’s Vote Scorecard lets you pick a set of bills and a list of legislators, and generates a clean accountability report showing every vote. This is normally a paid feature, but we are building these for free for organizations heading into the interim.
Fill out the form and we will put one together for you and show you how it works.
