Congressional News Service SOW.pdf

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STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR

ON-LINE LEGISLATIVE

AND

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS SERVICE

1. The purpose for the on-line legislative and congressional news service is to provide the

United States Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) Legislative Affairs Office (TCCC-

LA) on-line, reliable, respected and up to date thorough coverage on U.S. Congress. This service would be used as a second source to keep informed of the legislative and congressional news/action, and cannot be from the same service/provider that delivers congressional news and research service to TCCC-LA.

2. The on-line service must be approved by USTRANSCOM prior to award of the contract.

Website must not introduce significant risk to USTRANSCOM due to association with computer network exploitation. This includes websites known to distribute malicious or potentially-unwanted software, or associated with malicious cyber activity such as phishing. Additionally, TCCC-LA must be approved to share all information from the on-line service with

USTRANSCOM staff and its component commands; and use information obtained from the on-line service for briefings such as to Executive Working Groups attended by commercial companies.

3. Access for up to 6 licensed users in USTRANSCOM along with phone/web training and support (by request).

4. Service requirements to be provided by the on-line legislative tracking and congressional news service are outlined below:

- Comprehensive, in-depth, unbiased news coverage on legislative and congressional actions and events in real time.

-- Provide detailed and actionable coverage for the following policy areas: Agriculture, Budget

& Appropriations, Cybersecurity, Defense, and Transportation & Infrastructure.

-- Complete news that covers congressional members and committees actions, comments, opinions, stance, and views concerning the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Transportation

(DOT) authorization and appropriation bills. Also, comprehensive news coverage tracking member elections and retirements.

-- Coverage of House and Senate Floor action, activities, and votes.

- Congressional member profile that provides committee assignments, interest group, speeches, assigned caucuses, press releases, up-to-date biographies with current photograph, and member-name pronunciation guide. Media articles and interviews.

- Staff directory that provide contact information (current position, phone, e-mail, address, gender for correct salutations) and biography of past employment and education.

- Catalog of Congressional Caucuses with a list of the Congressional members and staffers assigned to the caucus.

- Instant E-mail Alerts: Ability to customize alerts that automatically track key issues.

5. Vendor shall be available daily (via hotline, voice or email) to answer questions during hours of 0700 – 1700 EST, respond to request for assistance within 24 hours, and shall provide all training, to include refresher training on an “as requested” basis. Additionally, vendor shall conduct all training of new customers.