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Your Policy Process Is a Public Health Issue
State health leaders are doing everything right — and still watching good work get undermined by the infrastructure holding it ...
Overcoming Fragmented Knowledge Management in Government Agencies
The Crisis Within: Why Government Cannot Afford Siloed Knowledge Every day, government agencies face a paradox: they generate mountains of ...
What NASCIO’s Top 10 Priorities Reveal About the Future of State Government IT
2026 marks the 20th release of NASCIO’s “State CIO Top Ten Policy and Technology Priorities” list, a report drawn from ...
What Is Regulatory Reform?
Key Takeaways Regulatory reform has evolved through three waves: the first focused on cutting red tape, the second introduced review ...
Beyond Records Management: Modernizing the Policy Lifecycle
Records management policy was once treated as an administrative function. Now, it sits at the center of governance, compliance, and ...
ADA Compliance in Regulatory Software: Legal Obligations for Government Rulemaking
When government agencies use software to create, manage, or publish regulations, those systems are subject to the Americans with Disabilities ...
Third Wave Regulatory Reform is Here
Nearly a decade ago a new wave of regulatory reform began to percolate across the United States. There had been ...
Is Enterprise SaaS Dead?
Is enterprise SaaS dead? No. Not exactly. In fact, I think the enterprise application layer is best positioned to capture ...
ADA Compliance in Regulatory Software
When government agencies use software to create, manage, or publish regulations, those systems are subject to the Americans with Disabilities ...
What is policy management?
Is your agency drowning in manual policy processes that take months to complete? Are you seeing weeks pass by wasted ...
How to leverage government workflow automation for policy project management
Government agencies often face the same obstacles in policymaking: approval delays, departmental silos, and paper-heavy processes. These bottlenecks don’t just ...
April 2026 ADA Deadline: Making Policy Accessibility a Statewide Priority
By April 2026, every government agency will be required to meet modern ADA and Section 508 standards across all digital ...
Alaska’s Administrative Reform Mandate: What Agencies Should Do Now
Alaska’s push for efficiency is real and the pressure on agencies is too. Alaska’s administrative orders on government efficiency and ...
How Departments Score Readiness for Modern Rulemaking
Across government agencies in the United States, many rulemaking teams still rely on email chains, spreadsheets, and untracked review cycles. ...
State ADA Compliance Guide: Essential Strategies for Agency Leaders
Ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a critical legal and ethical obligation for state agencies. For ...
Esper Launches New Services to Accelerate Government Modernization
State and local governments employ more than 20 million Americans—roughly one in eight members of the U.S. workforce. These employees ...
What is Policy Attestation? A Complete Guide for Government Agencies
Every agency needs to prove that their staff know and understand critical policies. Those that don’t face millions in fines ...
County Policy Management: Reduce Compliance Risk and Modernize Before Your Next Audit
Salt Lake County recently conducted an internal audit, and the results were alarming. 67% of county policies were missing proper ...
From Manual to Digital: Transforming Government Policy Research
What is Policy Research? Policy research is the practice of finding and analyzing existing public policies, programs and initiatives. The ...
Fire Department Policies and Procedures: A Comprehensive Guide
Fire departments are facing increasing legal, operational, and public safety challenges without policy frameworks to lean on. What cities and ...
Smart Search for All
Instant answers from your policy, powered by AI Welcome to Smart Search, Esper’s AI-driven solution revolutionizing how government professionals and ...
How to Modernize Policy Workflow for Government Agencies
Many government agencies today still manage policies using outdated, manual workflows, such as passing documents around for review, tracking changes ...
From Legacy to SaaS: Why Governments Are Making the Shift
Government is shifting from on-prem into the cloud. Check out the benefits of a SaaS policy management solution.
Four Hidden Costs of Outdated HR Policies—And the Playbook to Fix Them
Four Hidden Costs of Outdated HR Policies—And the Playbook to Fix Them When Salt Lake County auditors discovered that **12 % ...
Change Management in Local Government: Proven Strategies for Driving Real, Lasting Impact
Change Management in Local Government: Proven Strategies for Driving Real, Lasting Impact Local government change management fails 80% of the ...
Improving City Government Policy Management
City leaders know that policies are the invisible framework holding local government together. From HR rules to public safety procedures, ...
Internal Policy & Compliance in State + Local Government
Every state agency, county, and city runs on internal policies: the rules that tell employees how to hire, spend, secure ...
State & Local DOGE Survival Guide: Navigating the Federal Funding Squeeze
At Esper, we partner with state and local governments every day to modernize how policies are drafted, approved, and maintained. ...
5 Brutal Challenges Facing Public Health Leaders (and How to Fix Them)
Running a Department of Health isn’t for the faint of heart. You’re balancing fast-moving regulations, emergency response, strategic initiatives, and ...
The Word Lover’s Guide to Policy Management
Word Is Familiar — But It’s Not a Complete Policy Management System Microsoft Word remains a foundational tool for drafting ...
Top Trends in Public Safety: A Preview from Esper’s Policy Lab
Top Trends in Public Safety: A Preview from Esper’s Policy Lab Over the past few years, public safety and corrections ...
Esper Launches Policy Lab to Help Government Leaders Tackle Regulatory Change
AUSTIN, Texas, February 18, 2025 – Esper, the leader in AI-powered regulatory intelligence and management solutions, today announced the launch ...
Why Citizens Should Care About Policy Management—and How Esper is Making an Impact
Government policies impact nearly every aspect of daily life—whether it’s healthcare regulations, public safety guidelines, or education policies. Yet, many ...
2025 Esper CEO Letter
Dear Valued Customers and Partners, When Esper was founded in 2018, our mission was clear: to simplify the complexities of ...
Introducing Esper’s Smart Search – Transforming Policy Navigation with AI
Esper has announced the release of Smart Search, a revolutionary tool purpose-built for government organizations to simplify how users interact ...
5 Ways to Make Better Policy in Your Agency
Crafting effective policies is a top priority for proactive governments. By adopting strategic approaches, agencies can create regulations that truly ...
Build vs. Buy: Should your agency invest in software?
Is your agency considering building an internal solution to manage policymaking? Here a few reasons why now more than ever, ...
Mitigating Risk in Government Policymaking
We meet with dozens of government agencies every single month to learn about how they develop and publish policy. Some ...
Answering the top questions we hear from government leaders
You asked, and we answered! We’re lucky to partner with dozens of government agencies across the United States, and while ...
Why states are adopting enterprise-wide policy management in 2024
Esper is quickly gaining rapport as the system of record for statewide regulation and policy management. In Fall 2023, we ...
Government technology trends to watch for
Technology can play a vital role in enabling government agencies to meet operational standards. But it’s not just about modernizing ...
Ensuring Compliance with Government Security Standards: A Guide to Evaluating a Policy Management Platform
Policymaking is mission critical for governments. Government agencies need to ensure that whatever tools and software they use for their ...
How to better track document version history in the policymaking process
“I’m often sharing a Microsoft Word document with over a dozen people for feedback and edits. By the time everyone ...
Policy management tool: A checklist for government leaders
As a government leader, one of your top priorities is to balance a large volume of policymaking with limited staff ...
How to Inspire your Team as a Government Leader
Culture starts at the top of any organization. The tone set by leadership trickles down through government agencies and makes ...
How Policy Management Tools Help Ease Legislative Friction
Bills, bills, bills. No, not those kinds of bills. ???? We’re talking about the hundreds, even thousands, of bills in ...
Should you modernize your policymaking system?
Tired of hunting down old files or chasing down the next step in your policymaking process? Or perhaps you are ...
How Esper Implementation Works: Q&A with Esper’s Director of Professional Services
One of the most common questions customers ask us is: “How long will it take to implement Esper?” If you’re ...
Building a paperless government with digital policy management
Pave the way to a paperless government with a centralized platform to write, review and store policies.
Esper turns five years old ????
It's our five year anniversary! That's five years of empowering governments to create more data-driven and equitable policies.
Esper recognized in 2023 GovTech 100 list of innovative government technology solutions
Esper, a leader in policy management software, was named to the 2023 GovTech 100 list of innovative government technology solutions.
How policymaking software can ease an administration change
Our latest guide walks you through how to develop a policy game plan to set up incoming administrations for success.
An Insider’s Guide: Going Digital with Government Software
Esper chatted with former NYC CTO John Paul Farmer to learn how agencies can digitize critical services with government software.
GovTech Trends: Esper to host fire-side chat at State of GovTech 2022
Esper is excited to announce we will be hosting a fire-side chat at State of GovTech 2022.
Retrospective review functionality added to Esper
The latest feature of Esper’s policy management solution allows governments to conduct retrospective reviews of their regulations.
Government Software Implementation: A How-To for Policymakers
In this article, we look at how agencies can leverage Esper’s policymaking platform for a successful government software implementation.
Esper achieves FedRAMP authorization
Esper, a leading provider of cloud-based policy software, today announced it has received FedRAMP authorization.
Esper’s public policy software adds critical system of record feature
The latest feature to Esper's public policy software allows governments to streamline collaboration on internal policy documents.
An Insider’s Guide to a Cloud-Based Policy Management Process
Former Kentucky CIO Chuck Grindle shares key insights on how governments can move their policy management process into the cloud.
An Insider’s Guide to Regulatory Reform
Montana Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras shares how she and Governor Greg Gianforte kick-started their state-wide Red Tape Relief initiative.
Five must haves in policy software for police departments
We’re here to offer some suggestions for how best-in-class technology can assist police departments when it comes to policy.
Esper’s policy management software available for purchase on AWS Marketplace
Esper, a leading provider of cloud-based policy management software, is now available for purchase on AWS Marketplace.
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.
A practical guide to healthcare policy
In this blog post, we’ll outline a practical guide to mapping your health policy landscape and understanding how you can ...
CMS leverages GSA issued contract for regulatory workflow modernization
In 2020, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded a multi-year, $9.9 million contract to Esper Regulatory Technologies, Inc., which ...
Policymakers win big with final ARPA ruling
On January 6, 2022, The Department of Treasury issued their final rule on the SLFRF program. This ruling is set ...
Meet the newest addition to the GovTech 100: Esper
Each year, Government Technology compiles and publishes their GovTech 100 list. These 100 companies are focused on partnering with state ...
Closing the feedback loop in the policy lifecycle
We identified eight key milestones that encompass the policymaking lifecycle, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for improvement in each ...
Your pocket guide for approaching regulatory changes with a modern lens
As you settle into your post-session routine, we wrote five helpful tips for how to approach upcoming regulatory changes.
Top 4 ways to act on the Modernizing Regulatory Review
Regulatory review doesn’t have to be an impossible undertaking, and getting it right has enormous benefits both to our citizens ...
Teleworking and remote policymaking with Esper
Government agencies are all feeling the strain of a rapid, unplanned shift to remote working. Esper helps tackle these challenges ...
Before and after: How Esper helps government
Esper is purpose-built to simplify the policymaking process. Before Esper, the majority of our government clients relied on legacy IT ...
Cloud Technology: Driving better regulation with data analysis and artificial intelligence
Applying leading cloud technology to regulation and policymaking.
The value of government networks
Modern technology can amplify the application of network theory in government to create more feedback loops between the public and ...
Improving federal rulemaking with technology
New developments in natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies have allowed the creation of new platforms to ...
Understanding occupational licensing reciprocity and how you can get started
A brief guide for how your government can approach licensing reciprocity.
Project management in government
The process for creating and enacting public policy in government is part art, part science.
Cleaning up administrative codes
Government administrative codes are composed of regulations that specify how businesses and organizations can legally operate.
Navigating government regulation
While legislation has high public visibility, its twin sister, regulation, receives far less attention.
Design at Esper
I lead product design and brand at Esper, a small but mighty team based in Austin, Texas.
A smarter way to scale an efficient government
Did you know that the government is the largest employer in the United States?
Government technology needs to be better now more than ever
2018 is perhaps one of the most exciting times for civic engagement this country has witnessed in the past several ...
Aligning government stakeholders in the rulemaking process
While government executives and legislators often receive the most press and attention, it is administrative agencies and their respective policies ...