Tysons, VA, March 25, 2020 – Every year, hundreds of Federal regulations undergo changes requiring the solicitation of comments from various stakeholders. In some cases, these comments run into the tens of thousands. Agencies must analyze and consider each comment received as part of the rulemaking process. The Regulatory Group, Inc. (TRG) has been supporting Federal agencies and other regulators in these efforts for decades through its training programs and as a provider of professional services to support agency rulemaking efforts.
Over the past two years, TRG has worked with Lusynt to implement a proprietary software platform, DocketCAT™, built around the best practices honed by TRG professionals over the course of hundreds of rulemaking projects and shared through TRG’s training programs.
TRG teams are now using DocketCAT on their comments analysis projects. Through automation, data optimization, and smart workflow distribution, analysts are able to quickly classify, categorize, and organize each comment submission by type and issue. This has led to improved throughput and work quality through reduced errors and re-work. More critically, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, DocketCAT™ has allowed TRG to quickly and seamlessly re-organize their teams for remote work using its digital automation and collaboration capabilities. Without a misstep, the team executed a project analyzing over 50,000 comments while required to work from home.
DocketCAT™ brings to life a concept that has been evolving for almost twenty years in the mind of Andrew Emery, TRG’s President and CEO. “Since starting at TRG in the 1990’s, I’ve thought that using technology to identify, organize, and categorize issues would be a tremendous value to government policy makers. Over the years other companies and IT specialists have looked at improving policy making with technology, but none of their platforms have addressed in a useful way the specific needs of the policymaker. With help from Lusynt, TRG is seeing its vision come to fruition.”
Interfacing to the Federal Docket Management System through regulations.gov, DocketCAT™ downloads comments automatically into an environment where users can classify, categorize, mark up and organize comment citations by issue. It then delivers detailed reporting on the full set of comment submissions and provides the information needed to ensure agencies are considering and appropriately addressing stakeholder concerns.
In times of crisis, the continuity of processes such as rulemaking enables government agencies to address the changing needs of society. Technology is a critical enabler of this continuity. Lusynt has deep experience in implementing collaboration tools to support analysis and decision making using its existing product portfolio or through custom solutions such as DocketCAT™.
About Lusynt
Lusynt was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia. The company currently serves a variety of management consulting, research and trade association customers.
To learn more about Lusynt, please visit: https://www.lusynt.com.
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