Retrospective review functionality added to Esper
The latest feature of Esper’s policy management solution allows governments to conduct retrospective reviews of their regulations.
Esper, a leading provider of cloud-based policy management tools, is proud to announce brand new product capabilities that allow government agencies to conduct a retrospective review of their regulations. While retrospective review is a relatively new concept, it’s used extensively across state and federal government agencies as a mechanism to ensure outdated and redundant policies are removed or updated. Retrospective reviews can be mandated by an Executive Order, in the case of Montana, or mandated by legislation, in the case of Tennessee. In its most basic form, retrospective reviews require agencies to analyze and update their policies on a regular cadence (e.g. every 5 years). We’ve heard first-hand from our government partners that the process of tracking which policies are due for review, assigning the work and completing reports is a near impossible task when you consider the sheer scope of policy in any given agency. This work is currently being conducted through a myriad of manual processes and spreadsheets—without any strong existing practices in place.Enter Esper’s new Retrospective Review product.
Conducting a comprehensive retrospective regulatory review with Esper
Our retrospective review feature set supports agencies as they undertake comprehensive regulatory review, in which they systematically review all regulations to determine if any change is necessary.
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.
