CONCORD, N.H., Aug. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- CustomScoop, an industry leader in providing information intelligence for business, non-profits and government entities, today announced the introduction of a new service to monitor government information online. GovernmentScoop allows clients to receive instant notifications of the latest information made available online by nearly 7,000 federal and state departments, agencies, and commissions.
"This first-of-its-kind government monitoring service gives our clients a competitive edge by being among the first to know about government actions," said CustomScoop Executive Vice President Steve Bracy. "Traditionally, clients have only been able to monitor regulations or legislation after they are formally proposed -- often when it is too late to affect the outcome. With GovernmentScoop, our customers will be alerted to policies and actions in time to make a real difference."
Through timely monitoring of press releases, reports, meeting notices, speeches, and other government documents, clients of this new service will be able to detect signs of future activity before formal policy making processes get underway. Typically, an agency head may publicly call for action on an issue weeks or even months before taking decisive action. Often, those pronouncements never even make it into the news media because of the flood of information generated by the government every day.
The new GovernmentScoop product joins the CustomScoop suite of media and information monitoring tools that already cover more than 7,000 news outlets and more than 1,300 non-profits, advocacy groups, and think tanks. The proprietary real time monitoring software created by the company ensures customers receive vital information within hours --- or even minutes -- of when it is first posted online. "CustomScoop's monitoring services provide our customers with a fast, flexible, accurate, and thorough solution to their information needs. GovernmentScoop extends our offering to maximize the spectrum of coverage for our clients," Bracy said.
GovernmentScoop will be offered as a standalone product starting at $299 per month or may be combined with any other existing CustomScoop monitoring service for only $99 extra per month. CustomScoop's Bracy expects the pricing will make the new tools accessible not only to Fortune 500 companies, but also to many small and medium sized enterprises who rely on timely information to be effective.
About CustomScoop
CustomScoop is an industry leader in providing information intelligence for business, non-profits and government. CustomScoop provides an online information clipping service that monitors more than 7,000 news sources, 1,300 policy sources & 7,000 government sources. Our proprietary technology reviews news sites around the globe to gather the latest information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and deliver it to your desktop. CustomScoop gives you the winning edge in today's information driven world. We deliver the information you need to make critical business decisions and stay ahead of your competition.
For more information on CustomScoop: http://www.customscoop.com