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FiscalNote

FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., or commonly FiscalNote, is a publicly traded software, data, and media company headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company was founded by Timothy Hwang, Gerald Yao, and Jonathan Chen in 2013. FiscalNote provides software tools, platforms, data services, and news through the FiscalNote Government Relationship Management (GRM) service, its core product. The company also uses an artificial intelligence platform to analyze proposed U.S. legislation based on key phrases, comparison to similar bills, lists of strengths and weaknesses, a timeline of the committees it has passed, information about the bill's sponsors, and past legislator voting records. In July 2018, FiscalNote acquired CQ Roll Call, a publishing company that produces several publications, including Roll Call and CQ (formerly Congressional Quarterly), that cover legislative processes, policies, and elections in the United States Congress. In July 2022, FiscalNote launched FiscalNote ESG Solutions, a suite of services designed to assist organizations in meeting environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) targets. As of March 25, 2026, FiscalNote was delisted from the NYSE and is traded on the OTCID exchange.

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FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., or commonly FiscalNote, is a publicly traded software, data, and media company headquartered in Washington, D.C. The company was founded by Timothy Hwang, Gerald Yao, and Jonathan Chen in 2013. FiscalNote provides software tools, platforms, data services, and news through the FiscalNote Government Relationship Management (GRM) service, its core product. The company also uses an artificial intelligence platform to analyze proposed U.S. legislation based on key phrases, comparison to similar bills, lists of strengths and weaknesses, a timeline of the committees it has passed, information about the bill's sponsors, and past legislator voting records. In July 2018, FiscalNote acquired CQ Roll Call, a publishing company that produces several publications, including Roll Call and CQ (formerly Congressional Quarterly), that cover legislative processes, policies, and elections in the United States Congress. In July 2022, FiscalNote launched FiscalNote ESG Solutions, a suite of services designed to assist organizations in meeting environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) targets. As of March 25, 2026, FiscalNote was delisted from the NYSE and is traded on the OTCID exchange.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376199235

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.