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Holding Congress Accountable on Privacy and Surveillance Issues
The Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability advocates for greater protection of our privacy and civil liberties in government surveillance programs.
PPSA also uses litigation under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to uncover the nature and extent of federal government surveillance, including the unmasking of Americans whose communications are caught in surveilled foreign intelligence.
The Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability advocates for stronger privacy protections and surveillance reform in Congress. So, their team needed a way to consistently evaluate members of Congress across multiple legislative actions—not just final passage votes.
Because privacy legislation is often shaped by amendments and procedural motions before reaching a final vote, a traditional legislative scorecard wouldn't provide enough detail for supporters or policymakers. The organization also wanted an easy way for constituents to look up their elected officials and understand how they voted on issues affecting digital privacy and government surveillance.
We implemented our Congressional Scorecard with Lifetime Scoring and Find My Representatives feature. Their scorecard allows them to:
The flexibility of our software allows the organization to score the legislative actions that matter most to their advocacy—not just final passage votes.
View their Privacy and Surveillance Scorecard.
We provide Project or Privacy & Surveillance Accountability with a centralized platform for educating supporters and promoting legislative accountability on privacy and surveillance issues.
By combining detailed vote scoring with our Find My Representatives feature, the organization can publish an accessible resource that helps constituents better understand how their elected officials vote on privacy legislation and supports the organization's advocacy before Congress.