AI Field Guide

Generative AI can help Congressional staff quickly turn complex information—like emails, bills, news, and casework—into clear, actionable summaries. It boosts efficiency, sharpens insights, and supports smarter decisions across every role in a Congressional office.

AI can serve as a powerful creative and strategic thinking partner across every role in a Congressional office. Whether you're managing schedules, solving casework challenges, drafting legislation, engaging constituents, or overseeing operations, AI can help you generate fresh ideas, reimagine workflows, and explore innovative solutions that might not be immediately obvious.

AI can streamline content creation across every role in a Congressional office — helping draft clear, consistent, and polished materials from first drafts to strategic documents. By reducing time spent starting from scratch, AI allows staff to focus on refining messages, improving communication, and advancing the Member’s goals more effectively.

AI can support strategic thinking across every role in a Congressional office — helping staff and Members develop long-term plans, navigate complex challenges, and align daily work with broader goals. Whether advancing policy, managing operations, or planning your own career growth, AI can be a valuable partner in charting a clear, forward-looking path.

We're living through a technological transformation as significant as the printing press and the internet, and, as government professionals, you have a front-row seat to shaping how society adapts to AI. This set of quests are designed to help explore what's possible and consider how rapidly evolving AI capabilities might reshape the very nature of governance, democracy, and public service.

GenAI tools can supercharge your policy research by synthesizing complex legislation, generating amendment analysis, and drafting comprehensive issue briefings. AI has the ability to transform overwhelming and rapidly developing policy landscapes into clear, actionable intelligence that positions your Member as an informed leader on key issues.

GenAI tools can streamline your oversight of multiple office functions by summarizing daily priorities, helping brainstorm ways to address staff workloads, and drafting strategic communications and legislative frameworks. AI has the ability to help you cut through information overload so you can focus on high-level decision-making and office coordination that moves your Member's agenda forward.

GenAI can accelerate case research by summarizing federal agency procedures, generating initial response templates, and tracking case resolution patterns. AI has the ability to transform complex bureaucratic processes into clear action plans that help you and the constituents you’re supporting  navigate federal services more effectively.

The use of GenAI tools can enhance your efficiency by helping to organize and manage tour reservations, summarize  meeting notes, and generating follow-up task lists. AI has the ability to elevate your role from purely administrative to strategic support by freeing up time for higher-value projects, office coordination, and intern management.

The use of GenAI tools can amplify your strategic oversight by assisting in your management of legislative priorities, generating draft policy position papers, and synthesizing stakeholder feedback across multiple issue areas. AI has the ability to handle the heavy lifting of information processing and initial analysis so you can focus your expertise on high-level strategy and leading your leg shop.

Your use of GenAI tools may revolutionize your content creation process by generating press release drafts, analyzing media coverage sentiment, and tailoring messages for different audiences and platforms. AI has the ability to multiply your output while maintaining your Member’s voice and strategic messaging across all communication channels.

The use of GenAI tools can support you in optimizing your time management by analyzing meeting priorities, generating scheduling conflict solutions, and creating briefing summaries for back-to-back appointments to set your Member up for success.

The use of GenAI tools can help you quickly research local issues, craft initial drafts of personalized outreach messages for community events, and analyze constituent feedback patterns across your assigned region. AI has the ability to reduce the time you spend on administrative tasks so you can build more meaningful relationships with stakeholders and constituents in your district.

The use of GenAI tools can help you quickly digest complex policy briefings, generate draft talking points for speeches and hearings, and stay informed on constituent priorities across your district. AI has the ability to transform hours of reading into actionable insights that keep you prepared for votes, meetings, and media appearances in formats that you can read on the go.

Use of unapproved AI tools could lead to your data being read, stored, and shared in ways out of your control.

Nearly all AI tools track and store your input data in some form. Generally, you should assume that someone else can see your inputs and outputs.

The AI may not have consumed data that is pertinent to your particular situation or information that is completely up to date.

AI is not a replacement for your expertise or skillset. You should not outsource entire tasks to it or have it speak on your behalf.

AI tools can be wrong, repeat or reinforce biases, and ultimately can be too agreeable to your position.