Centralized tracker (sheet or site) for appropriations instructions, deadlines, hearing dates, and contacts across committees and subcommittees.
Problem
Information about upcoming appropriations proceedings (instructions for public witnesses and Member offices, deadlines for submitting testimony, hearing dates) is scattered across the websites of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and their 12 subcommittees. This makes it difficult to track deadlines and requirements comprehensively.
Solution
Create a centralized system (spreadsheet or dedicated website) to gather and organize appropriations-related information:
- Public Witness Instructions: Instructions for public witnesses seeking to provide testimony.
- Member Office Instructions: Instructions for Member offices submitting testimony or requests.
- Deadlines:
- Due dates for the public to submit written testimony.
- Due dates for the public to request to testify in person.
- Due dates for Member offices to request to testify.
- Due dates for Member offices to submit written testimony.
- Hearing Dates:
- Dates of public witness testimony hearings.
- Dates for Member office testimony.
- Communication Channels: Information on to whom submissions should be sent.
- Leverage an existing spreadsheet model as a starting point.