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Field notes for the people whose work depends on catching policy early.

The practitioner's desk

Does a policy monitoring platform still matter if you have ChatGPT?

ChatGPT waits for your question. A policy monitoring platform watches the sources you would never think to query, in any language, and tells you what changed.

Spencer Hawes SPENCER HAWES · 11 MAR 2026
The practitioner's desk

7 Sources Most PA Teams Are Not Monitoring (But Should Be)

Legislation and national news come last. Here are seven earlier policy monitoring sources most public affairs teams miss, and why manual coverage fails.

Spencer Hawes SPENCER HAWES · 11 MAR 2026

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