Esper expands statewide in Iowa
Esper is proud to announce our statewide expansion to all executive branch agencies in Iowa. Esper first partnered with the Hawkeye State in 2022, after Governor Kim Reynolds introduced statewide regulatory reform measures to reduce red tape. Esper piloted with several cabinet agencies, including the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. The pilot agencies used Esper to review regulations and meet ambitious reform deadlines set by the Governor.
After a successful pilot, Esper is proud to now support all executive branch agencies with our comprehensive regulatory management system.
Why are more states adopting regulatory management systems?
Iowa marks Esper’s third statewide implementation (others include Montana and Tennessee) in the last two years. It’s simple: states realize huge gains by centralizing regulatory management, freeing up staff to focus on high value tasks and improving citizen outcomes with a better managed regulatory system.
How does the state of Iowa benefit by using Esper across all executive branch agencies?
- Efficient and effective review of regulations
- Easily compare regulations to those of neighboring states
- Up to date and less burdensome administrative code
- Easy for citizens to read and understand regulations
- Improved oversight of regulatory process
“We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with the state of Iowa and support their vision of a modern, well-managed regulatory process,” says Maleka Momand, Esper CEO.
Frequently Asked Questions
Esper’s Regulation & Code Management module is a platform that moves rulemaking and regulatory drafting out of disconnected tools (spreadsheets, emails, shared drives) and into a unified, auditable workflow. It supports collaborative drafting, version control, automated publishing, compliance deadlines, and AI-powered search across your regulations. Esper
Esper is primarily targeted at government agencies (state, local, regulatory bodies) that must manage, publish, and enforce rules, codes, or regulations. It helps modernize the regulatory process in a transparent, auditable fashion.
Some of the core features include:
- Collaborative drafting with versioning and redlines
- Workflow and approval routing (assign owners, set deadlines, send reminders)
- Automated publishing in appropriate formats
- AI-enabled search to quickly find portions of regulations with citation support
- Task management and visibility into bottlenecks
Esper maintains all drafts, redlines, and versions within a single system. That ensures every change is tracked, auditable, and tied to the appropriate approval steps, so stakeholders can always see “who changed what when.”
Every rulemaking task (e.g. drafting, review, public comment, approval) is assigned an owner and due date. The system sends reminders, tracks overdue items, and makes bottlenecks visible so leadership can intervene.
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