How to build a modern and intuitive Policy Library
In this blog, we outline critical features of a modern Policy Library that’s user-friendly for the public and government.
Policy publication is usually the last mile in the policymaking lifecycle, but it’s often the most complicated and confusing for both citizens and government. The publication of regulations and laws typically falls under the purview of Secretaries of States, Office of Legislative Services or, in the federal government, the U.S. Government Publishing Office.Successfully syndicating policy requires an excellent public-facing component and an extremely organized, easy-to-use internal management system for governments to deploy policy updates.Unfortunately, governments have been limited in the tools to accomplish this. When we start working with clients, we often hear stories of countless dollars poured into home-brewed systems that never met muster, and a general frustration with the status quo.In this blog post, we outline some critical features of a modern Policy Library that’s user-friendly for both the public and governments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Esper’s Regulation & Code Management module is a platform that moves rulemaking and regulatory drafting out of disconnected tools (spreadsheets, emails, shared drives) and into a unified, auditable workflow. It supports collaborative drafting, version control, automated publishing, compliance deadlines, and AI-powered search across your regulations. Esper
Esper is primarily targeted at government agencies (state, local, regulatory bodies) that must manage, publish, and enforce rules, codes, or regulations. It helps modernize the regulatory process in a transparent, auditable fashion.
Some of the core features include:
- Collaborative drafting with versioning and redlines
- Workflow and approval routing (assign owners, set deadlines, send reminders)
- Automated publishing in appropriate formats
- AI-enabled search to quickly find portions of regulations with citation support
- Task management and visibility into bottlenecks
Esper maintains all drafts, redlines, and versions within a single system. That ensures every change is tracked, auditable, and tied to the appropriate approval steps, so stakeholders can always see “who changed what when.”
Every rulemaking task (e.g. drafting, review, public comment, approval) is assigned an owner and due date. The system sends reminders, tracks overdue items, and makes bottlenecks visible so leadership can intervene.
