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GalleryWatch.com Unveils New Time Tracking Tool; `Time-Tracker' Lets Firms and Other Clients Monitor Legislative Research Hours.


Business Editors & High-Tech/Political/Legal Writers

WASHINGTON & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002

GalleryWatch.com(tm), which provides enterprise-wide workflow applications A workflow application is where various applications, components and people must be involved in the processing of data to complete an instance of a process. For example, consider a purchase order that moves through various departments for authorization and eventual purchase.  and collaborative tools for real-time monitoring of the federal and Texas legislative and regulatory processes, has released the GalleryWatch "Time-Tracker."

By providing attorneys, lobbyists and other government affairs professionals with the ability to audit and document their legislative research efforts, the "Time-Tracker" tool enables subscribers to track their time by client and subject matter in standard billing increments, or by the minute. That information can then be downloaded for importation into their own internal billing system.

Each time a user logs onto GalleryWatch, they will be able to select from a personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 list of clients and subject matters for which they would like to have that specific time-usage documented. Users can alternate between clients and subject matters in the same session while the system monitors to whom the accumulated time should be charged. Additionally, "Time-Tracker" automatically stops the billing timer timer,
n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds.
 after a specified period of inactivity inactivity Sedentary activity Internal medicine An absence of physical activity and/or exercise, a predictor of obesity. See Couch potato. Physical activity, Vigorous exercise , or in the event of a lost Internet connection, and logs only the appropriate amount of time the system was used.

"Time-Tracker" is the latest tool to be integrated into the complete suite of services offered by GalleryWatch.com. Other services provided by GalleryWatch on the federal level include tracking and searching capabilities on legislation, congressional members and committees, and agencies, Congressional VIP(tm) (Voting Information Plus!), which enables users to effortlessly ef·fort·less  
adj.
Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy.



effort·less·ly adv.
 track and analyze Member voting history and patterns, and GalleryWatch's USBudget service, the most comprehensive source of information on the $2.1 trillion federal budget and appropriations process, which offers in-depth analysis and summaries on all the components and line-item program details of the budget. Notification capabilities for most GalleryWatch services in the federal and Texas markets include receiving timely information via e-mail, text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. , PDA's, pagers and dynamic Web page A Web page that is returned to the user with custom content based on the results of a search or some other request. Also known as "dynamic HTML" or "dynamic content," the "dynamic" word is used with Web sites to refer to custom results individualized to each user in contrast to the  display.

Texas services include bill and agency searching, tracking and notification, voting scorecards, comprehensive news coverage and committee transcripts. GalleryWatch's Bill Analysis Management System (BAMS BAMS,
n.pr See Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.
(tm)), available only in Texas, is an enterprise-wide workflow application which manages resources, tracking, analysis and scheduling for legislative information and research efforts throughout an organization. Task delegation, reporting, analysis, archived bill histories, and notification on bill/amendment status and scheduling are provided through a Web-based interface.

About GalleryWatch:

GalleryWatch.com(tm) provides enterprise-wide workflow applications and collaborative tools for real-time monitoring of the federal and Texas legislative and regulatory processes via the Internet and text messaging, and is the most comprehensive and dependable source for federal budget and appropriations information. Additional products and services include voting scorecards to track and analyze Member voting history and patterns, committee transcripts and reports made available through GalleryWatch's partnerships with National Journal and Penny Hill Press. Founded in 1996, GalleryWatch serves over 3,000 government affairs professionals at Fortune 2000 companies, trade associations, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
, government agencies, lobbying and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  firms, foreign embassies and universities. For more information, visit http://www.gallerywatch.com.
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