U.S. House of Representatives
The Legislative Information Management System (LIMS) is a mission-critical platform used by the U.S. House of Representatives to track and manage legislation from introduction through final action. The modernization initiative integrates legacy systems and manual workflows into a unified digital platform supporting Members of Congress, clerks, and legislative staff.
As lead designer for the LIMS modernization initiative, I work with business analysts, system architects, engineers, and congressional stakeholders to define the platform’s experience architecture and modernize decades-old legislative workflows. The goal is to create a unified legislative ecosystem that simplifies how Members of Congress and House clerks introduce, manage, and document legislation.
Key Problem
House clerks and Members of Congress rely on dozens of legacy systems and manual processes that are often loosely integrated or completely disconnected.
I led the creation of a component-based design system and the end-to-end UX architecture for a unified legislative platform supporting the full lifecycle of congressional legislation.
I lead user and stakeholder research to define legislative workflows, system requirements, and experience architecture for the modernized platform. Working closely with engineers, analysts, and congressional stakeholders, I translate complex legislative processes into scalable digital workflows and interactive prototypes that guide implementation. Design proposals are regularly presented to stakeholders for validation and refinement through an iterative development cycle.
The result has been the deployment of a modern, integrated legislative ecosystem that enables Members of Congress to introduce legislation electronically for the first time in congressional history.
