DOL11GRQ20062 SOW 12JUL2011.doc

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

STATEMENT OF WORK

FEDERAL DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSES SERVICES

12 JULY 2011

OVERVIEW

The US Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (US DOL/OIG) has a requirement for multi-facet informational coverage spanning Presidential, Senatorial, House and Committee news, events, actions related to current and future bills.

REQUIREMENT

Multiple departments within US DOL/OIG may require various services and informational coverage. As such, the successful vendor must provide services essentially the same as those listed below in any combination that may be needed by an individual department.

- Schedule service that contains a thorough calendar of House and Senate events and coverage of events at the White House and various Federal departments, agencies, and groups.

- E-mailed daily articles on Congressional actions, such as floor activity, markups, previous day activity, status of bills, etc.

- An online-based, magazine-type service with clear, unbiased legislative perspectives and processes. Must include searchable database of current and past issues, covering at least past 15 years.

- Coverage of events, policy processes, and current political issues ongoing at the Capitol Hill.

- Custom e-mail alerts with real-time notification of various bill activity. Shall include full bill chronology, description of amendments, identification of related bills, and must be compatible with popular mobile devices (e.g. Blackberry Torch).

- Full text of all bill versions (HTML format) with searchable function (e.g. by words, bill numbers, legislative stages, etc.) that identifies only sections with topics relevant to the search.

- Analysis of current bills, including a listing of related bills, and a forecast of further actions.

- Tracking and comparing services of language contained in same, similar, and different bills when bill text is provided.

- Reports of House actions including a summary and analysis of bills scheduled for address within near future – service to cover one day and one week periods. Also included shall be a summary of key legislation and background information, summary of floor debate, and summary of changes made.

- Summary of daily potential and scheduled Senate actions.

- Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports and documents, from 1993 to most current.

- Most recent agency briefings, fact sheets draft bills, Congressional correspondence, GAO reports, and additional similar documents which may be individually requested.

- Forecast of impact pending bills would have on current laws and copies of current bills or laws with impacted sections highlighted.

- The most current and complete copy of the US Code, provided electronically in a searchable format.

- Searchable text of all public laws, 1979 to present date.

- Daily summary and full text of various procedural activities within House and Senate, to be updated no later than one business from the date of the activity occurrence.

- Official daily publication of rules, proposed rules and notices published by Federal agencies. Information is to be updated daily and to be provided in a searchable format.

- Information on committee and subcommittee markups, debates, discussions, links to amendment text, and current information on every committee and subcommittee member.

- Copies of documents for all committee amendments before they are changed or modified.

- Full and searchable text of every committee report. Information should be numerically organized, searchable, and include reports 1980s through present.

- Outline and full versions of witness statements as submitted to committees and subcommittees. Information should be available from 1990s through present.

- Profile information on Congress members to include contact information, committee assignments, vote studies and key votes, and election results. Information should be available from 1990s through present.

- House and Senate vote counts with an overview of each bill and the final outcome. Information should be available from 1990s through present.

- A tool to select, organize, and chart Congress members’ votes.

- Reports on budget information for federal agencies and programs, to include presidential budget requests and agencies’ response, appropriation news, and budget – related congressional hearings and bill markups.

- Homeland security news and events, key personnel contact information, and DHS – related bills and events.

- Coverage of various committee hearings. Services shall allow clients to request coverage of specific upcoming hearings.

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12 July 2011