About Government Reporter
Government Reporter is a network of AI-powered tools designed to make federal government documents understandable to everyone, not just those with legal training.
Our Tools
Government Reporter currently offers three specialized applications:
- Supreme Court Reporter - Search and understand US Supreme Court opinions with AI-powered analysis, plain-language summaries, and intelligent Q&A
- Executive Order Reporter - Explore Federal Executive Orders with plain-language summaries, impact analysis, and semantic search capabilities
- Legislation Reporter - Track and understand Congressional bills with AI-powered summaries, status tracking, and semantic search capabilities
What We Offer
- Plain-language explanations: Get help understanding complex government documents without legal jargon
- Ask questions: Engage in a conversation about documents - ask follow-up questions to deepen your understanding
- Reliable, non-partisan information: Think of it as your own personal legal journalist discussing government documents with you, providing factual, unbiased analysis
- Semantic search: Find relevant documents by describing what you're looking for, not just matching keywords
Why Government Reporter Instead of ChatGPT?
While general-purpose AI tools like ChatGPT are powerful, Government Reporter offers several key advantages for understanding government documents:
Access to the most recent documents: Our system has access to the latest government documents, including documents that fall outside of ChatGPT's training data cutoff date. This means you can explore and understand brand-new documents as soon as they're published.
Full document context: When you ask a question about a document, we place the entire document text into the AI's context window. This means the AI is reading the actual document while answering your question, which significantly reduces hallucinations and provides more precise, text-grounded answers.
Specialized prompting: Behind the scenes, we use carefully crafted prompts specifically designed to help non-experts understand government documents. These prompts guide the AI to provide clear, accessible explanations while maintaining accuracy.
Data
Government Reporter aggregates data from multiple authoritative sources:
- Supreme Court opinions from the CourtListener API
- Executive order metadata from the Federal Register API, with full text from the GovInfo API
- Congressional bills from the Congress.gov API
All data is updated nightly to ensure we have the latest information.
Disclaimer
This application is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be consulted for legal advice. Its purpose is to explain and summarize government documents, not to explain or summarize the law itself. The app will not tell you what current law is within your jurisdiction.
Contact
Government Reporter is created by Shane Orr. For questions or feedback, reach out at shane@governmentreporter.ai.