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Introduction
This page outlines the current expectations for body of work of staff and interns in the Special Interest Groups Sub-Department.Expectations
| Project Manager | Experienced Staff | New Staff | Experienced Intern | New Interns | |
| Collection - Search SIG's website, print a hardc copy, save pdf to network drive | 10 minutes per SIG in our system | 20 minutes per SIG in our system | 25 minutes per SIG (time limit policy) in our system | 25 minutes per SIG (time limit policy) in our system | |
| Manual Entry | Average 3 hours | Average 3 hours | Average 3.5 hours | Average 3 hours | Average 3.5 hours |
| Excel Merge and IT Import | 1 hours per scorecard - 4-6 hours for Campaign Finance | 1 hour per scorecard | probably not doing this | 1 scorecard per hour | probably not doing this |
| Checks | 1 hour per scorecard - probably 5-10 errors found | 1 hour per scorecard | 2 hours per scorecard - probably 5-10 errors found | 1 hour per scorecard - probably 5-10 errors found | 2 hours per scorecard - probably 5-10 errors found |
| Archiving | 1 hour per 10 scorecards | 1.5 hours per 10 scorecards | probably not doing this | 1.5 hours per 10 scorecards | probably not doing this |
*Manual Entry will take longer for rating strings or large legislative bodies
*Endorsements are harder to quantify because the process is simpler and faster, but there are more of them and they're not as consistent with respect to endorsements per SIG or per round of updates, or in the timing of the release of the data.
*These expectations include categorization
*These expectations were developed by previous and current research directors and are based on actual practice and experience.
