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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Politico's Public Policy Report Card

This article describes the best policy innovations as nominated by various policymakers (including Elaine Kamarck!). It's a long article, but definitely worth the read. The breadth of careers for the various pieces of legislation was extremely interesting; nominees ranged from Congressional representatives to a Cabinet Secretary (DOE Duncan) to leaders in state policy. Over the course of the semester, we've examined the different approaches to policymaking and this article definitely supports the claim that people can make policy from many different levels.

My favorite nomination? The Cloud First policy, described on page 3. This IT legislation focuses on web-based services (for a somewhat less technical description, see here). The policy focuses on "the chance for government to do more with less." Specifically, the nomination describes many of the drawbacks we have discussed in class including a short analysis of implementation problems.
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