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Our Mission

Knowledge As Power's mission is to help individuals become effective citizens within the legislative process.

For individuals, there's a lot of barriers to effective participation in the legislative process. For people with real lives, it's difficult to search for, find, and track bills accurately. When it comes time to communicate with legislators, individuals either rely on form letters--which aren't very effective--or don't know where to start communicating. For legislators, establishing a meaningful dialog with their constituents is daunting; with tens of thousands of emails each month, legislator's small staffs are poorly equipped to manage their ballooning in-boxes. For activist groups, communicating with legislators has become a costly arms race which takes resources away from mission-related work and membership development.

Knowledge As Power (KAP) is out to solve these problems with a simple, elegant, and non-partisan tools which helps all stakeholders work more effectively together. KAP is saving time, money, and sanity. In the process, it's making the legislative process accessible--and manageable--for all.