Hello and welcome to the JA's chat about Scout, a tool developed by the Sunlight Foundation, designed to help make it easier to cover Congress and state legislatures. This is the first in a series of conversations about resources listed on the JA. The aim of these discussions is to dig a little deeper into the possibilities each offers, hear feedback from people who have used or would like to use them, and learn what the people behind the tool wanted to accomplish and what they they're thinking of next.

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Today Eric Mill is here to talk about Scout. He is the Sunlight developer behind the tool, and he says that of all the work he's done at Sunlight, he is most proud of building Scout. Eric, welcome.