Markup.Law

Calling all Capitol Hill staffers (and anyone else interested in drafting legislation)!

Markup.Law™ is for all of you.

For starters, get any bill, resolution or joint resolution in Microsoft Word in 10 seconds. Then, privately redline and collaborate on legislation in Microsoft Word & Microsoft Teams.

• No More Hunting and Pecking through documents. With Markup.Law™, it takes 20 seconds to view, redline compare, save and print legislative documents in Microsoft Word.

• Privacy is King - With Microsoft Teams, keep your channels as small or large as you want - and keep your comments off email. The days of sending out sensitive emails with “Do Not Forward” in the header are over.

The ways you can use Markup on Teams are as numerous as your imagination, but we have heard a few ideas about how to get started. All you have to do is jump in and start working on a bill.

How you can use Markup.Law in Teams right now!

• Committees can create a private channel with the latest draft to get written feedback on a pending markup.

• Staffers can create channels with drafts to seek co-sponsors.

• Key committee staffers can create a channel across the aisle for last-minute language changes to build consensus.

You need to have an active Markup. Law account to use this app. Registration is available inside of Teams by choosing Register from the @Markup.Law menu. You can then link your Markup.Law account to Teams.

Markup and Microsoft Teams are the perfect couple for public policy professionals to collaborate, maintain privacy, expand professional networks and turn ideas into legislation. The days of pouring through thousands of emails and coordinating various drafts of documents - and finding old notes can now be a thing of the past.