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CongressPlus Integration

CongressPlus is a complete Government Relations and Grass Roots management system.

Note: Abila is planning to work with SoftEdge to implement the baseline netFORUM/Congress Plus integration. This page has some high-level information about the scope of the project.

Types of Integrations

There are three types of integrations that can be implemented between netFORUM and Congress Plus

• Legislator Data Import
• Send Customer Data to Congress Plus To Perform Online Advocacy (this phase is not yet complete)
• Bring Online Activities in Congress Plus back to netFORUM (this phase is not yet complete.)

CongressPlus Features

Standard Edition

• Accurate Congressional Information
• Fast Correspondence Preparation
• Track Legislation and Vote History
• Generate Reports and Briefing Books
• Export Data

Professional Edition

• Standard Edition + Grass Roots Contact Management
• Send Targeted Action Alerts
• Accurate Congressional District Assignments
• Prepare Reports & Constituent Lists

Integration Tasks

Client Tasks

• Client should have valid user license for Abila.
• Client should have purchased SoftEdge Congress Plus products. In order to populate the legislator data in from congress plus, valid license needs to be obtained with SoftEdge.
• Client will need to purchase xWeb license from Abila for any of the integration phases above .
• Client will need to be on active support agreement with (for clients after implementation.)

Abila Tasks

1. Legislator Data Import - Abila will need to configure the application to receive data from Congress Plus periodically to update the legislator data.
2. Send Customer Data to Congress Plus To Perform Online Advocacy (Phase 2) - Abila will work with SoftEdge to allow consumption of xWeb method to pull data into Congress Plus.
3. Bring Online Activities in Congress Plus back to netFORUM (Phase 3) - Abila will work with SoftEdge to allow consumption of xWeb method to push activities data into Activity History table.

Assumptions and Limitations

If SoftEdge should change its product resulting in the integration to fail the client will be responsible to pay for Abila to make the necessary modifications to make the integration be functional. The level of effort will be based on the changes made by SoftEdge and the impact of the integration.