By Scott Miller
President
Posted: April 29, 2021 9:24 AM

Gongwer News Service today announced an additional enhancement to its tracking system by allowing subscribers to receive alerts based on special coverage categories.

For years, Gongwer subscribers have been able to view coverage that falls into a wide range of subject matter categories. Now, users can elect to receive alerts whenever a new article matches a category of interest.

To receive an alert based on a category, users can click the green plus sign next to the name of any category of interest on the Special Coverage page.

Alerts can be delivered via email and/or text message. (Update preferences).

All tracked categories are also displayed on the Gongwer Tracking page.

The new service continues Gongwer's recent service enhancements, including:

• Allowing the display of positions and posting of documents on bill status reports;
• Permitting the use of multiple logos and customized headers on status reports;
• Allowing tracked bills to be exported into Excel spreadsheets;
• Creation of a dedicated state budget resource;
• Development of a dedicated redistricting page, and;
• Integrating committee webcasts in schedules and the Gongwer Ohio Report.

Additional service enhancements are in development and will be announced in the near future.

Notice regarding text alerts: Gongwer subscribers who receive messages via text and who may have changed mobile carriers are encouraged to update carrier information at this location. Those users may need to restart their devices to receive text messages after changing carrier information.