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In Class Final Exam (06 Dunn CH9, 5 contingencies for oral presentation…
In Class Final Exam
06 Dunn CH9, 5 contingencies for oral presentation
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11 Kraft CH7, 5 goals of economic policy
Low levels of inflation: increase in the costs of goods and services, target ~3%
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Low levels of unemployment: usually between 4-6%, but over 9% percent in 2009
Positive balance of trade, more exports than imports
Economic growth: increase in production of goods and services each year-> Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
01 Dunn CH6, 4 functions of monitoring (CAAD/E)
Auditing: recipients of social services from local govt, Federal grants
Accounting: collect indicator info to monitor change in quality of life, World Bank
Compliance: continuous air monitoring program (CAMP), EPA
Description/explanation: evidence-based medicine, Cochrane Collaboration
09 Bardach Appendix C, 12 topic areas for motivation and capacity of govt agency
Centralization/Decentralization: how balanced is the agency? does the agency have an effective internal budget-making process?
Politics: internal factions? does internal competition help or hurt? how do senior managers deal with internal factions?
Mission: what is it? what is expected of the agency? what do the agency staff understand about its mission?
Leadership: who is the leader? how credible is the leader? how effective is the leader? what functions does the leader have in agency? what strategies does the leader use?
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02 Dunn CH6, 3 existing data sources for monitoring
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05 Dunn CH7, 3 functions of evaluating public policy (PCF)
Provide Feedback about inadequate policy performance that may help define a revised or new policy alternative.
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Provide information about policy Performance, the extent to which particular goals and objectives have been attained.
07 Bardach Step 8, Communication
Letter of Transmittal: provides specific context of the following document; also gives sender a permanent record.
Executive summary tells reader what the document is about; letter of transmittal tells reader why the document is important
Executive Summary: brief summary at beginning of document that gives essence of the following material
04 Dunn CH7/8, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Monitoring: The primary aim of monitoring is to make sound designative claims about the consequences of policies. Monitoring is about facts, and answers the question "Did the policy produce its intended outcome?"
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10 Bardach Appendix D, Advocacy
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Weighty Interests will neutralize, at least for the time being, Interests who might otherwise go into active opposition
03 Dunn Ch6, Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Definition: a visual tool to assess the impact of a policy intervention on an outcome measure to help determine if the intervention is genuine