Skim AI, cybersecurity, and data privacy headlines to catch anything that shifts today's work.
Comb through a new bill's text hunting for gaps where the law doesn't match how the tech actually works.
Listen to a tech company's concerns — decide how much is insight versus spin.
Pull studies and precedents to test whether the evidence actually supports the draft recommendation.
Translate a complex algorithm's risks into plain language a senator's staffer can act on.
Flag an unintended consequence in the draft — even though it complicates the team's preferred position.
Rehearse testimony, anticipate hostile questions, tighten every technical claim to two sentences.
Present findings to a government committee; field sharp questions on regulatory tradeoffs live.
- Translate how a new technology works into plain-language policy recommendations.
- Research how proposed tech regulations could affect people, businesses, and society.
- Write memos and reports that help lawmakers make decisions about technology.
- Meet with tech companies, advocacy groups, and officials to hear competing viewpoints.
- Testify or present findings to government committees on tech-related issues.
- Is the evidence strong enough to recommend this policy, or do I need more research?
- Am I explaining this tech accurately, or dumbing it down so much I'm misleading the lawmaker?
- Is this stakeholder giving me real insight, or just lobbying me for their side?
- Should I flag this unintended consequence now, even if it kills a policy my boss supports?
- Is this technology moving too fast for any regulation I write today to still matter next year?
