How to run an annual policy attestation cycle on Starch

An annual policy attestation cycle is the process of getting every employee on record as having read and acknowledged your company's active policies — things like your code of conduct, data handling rules, acceptable use policy, or harassment prevention guidelines. Most operators run this once a year (often tied to a compliance deadline, an insurance renewal, or a new hire class that made you realize nothing was formalized). What the cycle looks like in practice varies: a 10-person team might do this through a shared Notion doc and a few Slack nudges; a 50-person team might need tracked sign-offs, escalation for non-responders, and a clean audit trail to show an auditor or board member. The stakes and the tooling differ, but the core job is the same — get every active employee to confirm they've read the right documents, and have proof that they did.

On Starch, you end up with a tracked acknowledgment log you can actually point to, automated follow-up emails that go out without you remembering to send them, and a task view that shows you exactly who hasn't signed off as the deadline approaches — not a spreadsheet you last updated on Tuesday.