Tech Policy Tracker

The Tech Policy Tracker aims to become a go-to, user-friendly platform for understanding the U.S. technology legislation landscape across both state and federal levels. While many existing policy tools cater to policymakers and researchers, this project prioritizes accessibility, clarity, and storytelling for everyday users For this semester, the project will focus on building a policy storytelling and visualization tool rather than a full end-to-end policy search engine. Using existing policy data provided by the client, students will explore ways to visualize tech policies and design and implement an interactive interface that allows users to explore, compare, and contextualize technology-related legislation. Users should be able to see which bills have passed, failed, are in progress, or were blocked, and understand how policies differ across states and over time. Some data visualization website are provided below in the "Relevant Documents” section as inspiration for the project. Students will work closely with the Shiran to refine user stories, define data structures, and design visual narratives that allow users to “enter” the policy landscape based on their interests, questions, or location. Emphasis will be placed on UX clarity, interactive visualization, and thoughtful framing of policy data, rather than policy analysis or lobbying.Ideal Output & Final Deliverables • A polished, interactive web-based dashboard that visualizes state and federal technology-related legislation • Map-based and/or comparative visualizations showing legislative activity by state, policy area, and bill status (e.g., passed, proposed, failed)