HISTORICAL OBSERVATION / ROW 96

NOTUS reports House 6,000 Microsoft Copilot license rollout (begun 2026) — but CAO-set system prompt REFUSES political content / policy positions / summaries of political stances, which offices say limits the tool's usefulness for constituent correspondence + Member statements

Title and labels preserved from the historical tracker.

Observed: May 2, 2026
Original stage: Launched
Source: NOTUS (News of the United States) — undated 2026 piece "The House Is Trying to Make Congressional Jobs Easier With AI"
Actor label: House CAO + House offices receiving Microsoft Copilot licenses; CAO-set system prompt; opt-in offices
Original source type: Press

https://www.notus.org/congress/house-congressional-jobs-easier-ai

Record provenance

Historical tracker · Signals sheet · row 96

Snapshot through 2026-06-19. Original stage labels are historical annotations; source availability and current status may differ.

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