The Bush Administration frequently justified its policies by arguing that September 11 changed everything. To be sure, the terrorist attacks on the US commanded a great deal of attention and brought concern for national security to the fore of both the government's policy-making agenda and America's shared consciousness. Against the psychological backdrop of the smoking Twin Towers, the country plunged headlong into two wars, enacted sweeping legislation aimed at securing the homeland, reorganized the government's administrative landscape, and constructed an apparatus for detaining individuals who might pose a prospective threat to Americans' safety. Many of the policy changes that were made in response to the September 11 attacks affected noncitizens far more adversely than they did ci...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Business leaders from the western hemisphere gathered in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for the fifth annual OAS Business Roundtable sponsored by the Inter-American Economic Council. The Inter American Economic Council (Council) is pleased to provide the outcomes of its private public sector discussions from its Annual Business Roundtable convened on Sunday June 4, 2006 prior to the Opening of the XXXVI Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States. The Council is dedicated to promoting better government policy making by providing a venue for direct interaction with the private sector from the Americas. The purpose of the Business Roundtable was to provide a forum for high level public-private discu...
In the graduate student ATP pre-conference forum at Nebraska-Omaha in 2004, the author met several of the authors involved in planning the conference. Angela M. Eikenberry states government downsizing, reliance on philanthropy, and the rich-poor gap are facts of life in today's US. Although history has shown that philanthropy cannot replace government assistance, and as Eikenberry argues, philanthropy cannot substitute for government policy-making, philanthropy is part of the US cultural system. The author agrees with Ryan Lanham's guidelines for strengthening the discipline and its practice, but first a basic point. Generally, openness is good, walls are had, as Lanham states. But without separating what is from what is not, distinguishing figure from ground, some building of walls thr...
The World Bank has released the 1997 'World Development Report: The State in a Changing World' which cites the reasons why the state matters and what can be done by public officials to create an effective state. The book's account is similar to 'The Prince' which described government policy-making in times of dangers presented to the state by internal and external foes that threaten its existence.
A persistent mantra in twentieth century political discourse calls for increased involvement of the public in government decision-making. Public participation has been touted as a means to improved representativeness, better policy outcomes, and more efficient policy process. The environmental policy domain has been on the forefront of government agencies' experimentation with public participation. The normative, instrumental, and substantive rationales provide a framework for how public agencies articulate specific goals for public participation. This article examines how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers translate expressed rationales and goals for public participation to specific mechanisms to involve the public. The findings focus on five goals for public participation articulated in...
Federal authorities arrested 10 people suspected of carrying out long-term "deep-cover" assignments in the U.S. for Russia that involved integrating into American society as married couples, infiltrating "policy-making circles" in Washington, and recruiting government and business sources. The arrests occurred after federal agents intercepted messages from intelligence officials in Moscow calling on the defendants to "search and develop" intelligence ties in the United States.
Here, he coordinated U.S. policy targeted at protecting Tibet from China's often intrusive and sometime abusive strategy, while also facilitating talks between the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Beijing government, all the while emphasizing human rights. Since his departure from formal policy making in 1998, Craig has stayed politically involved through his membership in various international bodies and organizations.
Not so long ago, candidates for public office, Cabinet-level appointees and applicants for sensitive positions were the only ones who had to worry about what exhaustive and rigorous scrutiny might reveal. But now that Washington's toxic political culture has seeped into every agency, office and branch of government, almost anyone in a policy-making position is at the mercy of those with the means and motive to meticulously examine personal and professional records. Consider the case of Dr. Cristina Beato, a Bush administration nominee for assistant secretary of health at the Health and Human Services Department. Beato has been in bureaucratic limbo since her July 2003 nomination. There appear to be questions surrounding an aspect of her educational background and possible exaggerations ...
The contribution of planning in facilitating an efficient and effective performance of public sector organizations is generally undisputed in both developed and developing countries. Its contribution can be at both central and local government levels of public sector management. This article examines the relationship between procurement planning and accountability of local government procurement systems in Uganda. The findings arose from a study that was conducted among 99 local government stakeholders selected from 11 Districts of Uganda, using a correlation research design. The data was analyzed using principal component factor analysis that aimed at identifying the critical components of procurement planning and accountable local governments systems in Uganda. Consequently, correlati...
...There is now very limited doubt among policy makers, managers, professionals and academics abou...It diverts decision-making and the provision of services from those who need ...
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