public administration

public admin" rel="nofollow">inistration Order Description vIn this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing course outcomes: ? Analyze complex democratic processes for discernin" rel="nofollow">ing how policies are made at the federal, state, or local levels ? Contrast how critics and advocates affect policy outcomes in" rel="nofollow">in the public sector for in" rel="nofollow">informin" rel="nofollow">ing public program design ? Determin" rel="nofollow">ine appropriate accountability strategies for public programs through assessin" rel="nofollow">ing governmental monitorin" rel="nofollow">ing and fundin" rel="nofollow">ing options ? Assess the extent to which public program benefits match in" rel="nofollow">intended outcomes ? Recommend measurable process improvements for public programs through evaluation of program effectiveness Prompt Your program review report should answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing prompt: Select a public policy and correspondin" rel="nofollow">ing program. In your report, discuss the formation of the policy and program, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing factors that affect the program’s accountability and outcomes. Conclude your report by evaluatin" rel="nofollow">ing the effectiveness of the program and recommendin" rel="nofollow">ing process improvements. Your report should be comprehensive enough that it could be a deliverable to a public agency affected by the program. Specifically, the followin" rel="nofollow">ing critical elements must be addressed: I. Policy Formation: In this section, you will analyze the significance of your selected public policy and provide the contextual background for the program that operationalizes the policy. Specifically, you should: A. Introduction: Provide a comprehensive description of your selected policy and the issue or problem that precipitated the formation of the policy and associated program. Consider questions such as these in" rel="nofollow">in your description: Who or what is the policy and program designed to benefit? In what ways will society benefit from the policy and program? What is the evidence of the scope of the issue that led to the creation of the policy and program? In what ways does the evidence support the creation of policy? B. Democratic Processes: Analyze the democratic processes that were used to in" rel="nofollow">inform the creation of your selected policy. For example, how was the policy in" rel="nofollow">influenced at the federal, state, or local level? What law(s) regulate the policy or program? C. Stakeholders: Who were the stakeholders in" rel="nofollow">involved in" rel="nofollow">in the democratic processes that led to the creation of your policy? How did they affect the creation of your policy? II. Program Factors: In this section, you will assess some of the factors that contributed to the design of the program. In particular, you should: A. Stakeholders: Describe the program’s stakeholders. Consider questions such as these in" rel="nofollow">in your response: Who will be responsible for the successful implementation of the program? What are the in" rel="nofollow">influences from the media, in" rel="nofollow">interest groups, or lobbyists? What is their vested in" rel="nofollow">interest in" rel="nofollow">in the outcome of the program? B. Advocates: Who are the champions for the program? Why are they advocatin" rel="nofollow">ing for its design and implementation? C. Critics: Who are the critics of the program? Why does this program pose a threat to them? D. Impact: Contrast the effect of the critics and the advocates on the design of the program. In other words, how did the critics and advocates of the program affect its design? III. Program Accountability: In this section, you will appraise the program’s metrics for accountability, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing fundin" rel="nofollow">ing. Specifically, you should: A. Monitorin" rel="nofollow">ing: Assess how the program effectiveness is monitored. For example, compliance, auditin" rel="nofollow">ing, or accountin" rel="nofollow">ing strategies could be used to establish factual claims about the program’s performance. B. Fundin" rel="nofollow">ing: Assess the fundin" rel="nofollow">ing contribution(s) from federal, state, or local governments. Consider questions such as these in" rel="nofollow">in your response: What type of fundin" rel="nofollow">ing is used? Is the fundin" rel="nofollow">ing distribution equitable? Does the program receive sufficient and appropriate fundin" rel="nofollow">ing? C. Strategies: Determin" rel="nofollow">ine appropriate accountability strategies for the program based on your assessment of how the program is monitored and funded. If there are gaps in" rel="nofollow">in fundin" rel="nofollow">ing or accountability, how can they be addressed? IV. Program Outcomes: In this section, you will examin" rel="nofollow">ine what actually happened once the program was implemented. In particular, you should: A. Intended Outcome(s): Assess the program to determin" rel="nofollow">ine its in" rel="nofollow">intended outcome(s) and benefits. In other words, how was the program in" rel="nofollow">intended to add value to public services? B. Actual Outcome(s): Assess the program to determin" rel="nofollow">ine the actual program outcome(s) and outputs. In other words, how did the program actually add value to public services? C. Match: Based on your assessment of the in" rel="nofollow">intended and actual outcomes, how closely do the program results match its in" rel="nofollow">intended benefits? Were there any unin" rel="nofollow">intended consequences of the program? V. Recommendations: In this section, you will develop feasible and politically tenable recommendations for process improvements. Specifically, you should: A. Evaluation: Evaluate the effectiveness of the program. In your response, you should consider the program outcomes that you previously described. Is the program achievin" rel="nofollow">ing what it was in" rel="nofollow">intended to? B. Process Improvements: Based on your evaluation of the effectiveness of the program, what feasible and politically tenable process improvements would you recommend? Why? C. Fundin" rel="nofollow">ing Strategies: What strategies can you suggest for fundin" rel="nofollow">ing these process improvement recommendations (particularly if you recommend a course of action that is beyond the fundin" rel="nofollow">ing scope of the current program)? Explain" rel="nofollow">in your fundin" rel="nofollow">ing strategies suggestions. D. Measurement: How will your process improvement recommendations be measured and monitored? In other words, how will you assess the effectiveness of the recommendations?