Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Socioeconomic Policy Research Exchange: The Rise of Telework Under COVID-19 and the Growth of Cryptocurrency

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Research ◽  
The U.S

Policy analysis in the United States

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Weimer
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Executive Orders ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Service Support ◽  
Congressional Budget Office ◽  
Environmental Impact Statements ◽  
The U.S

Four demands have driven the development of policy analysis in the U.S. First, reformers have sought evidence to support their efforts. Beginning with the municipal bureaus of the Progressive Era, advocacy groups have sought supportive policy analysis, resulting in the proliferation of ideologically differentiated think tanks that produce policy research. Second, politicians have recognized the need for specialized expertise to address pressing problems. Operations research grew out of efforts to solve problems facing the U.S. in World War II and led to subsequent efforts to improve bureaucratic decision-making capacity. Third, the growing scope and complexity of government have led to a demand for information to support routine decision processes. Fiscal offices support state budgeting and the Congressional Budget Office, Government Accountability Office, and Congressional Research Service support the routine business of Congress. Fourth, politicians have sought to discipline their own (and especially others’) future actions by mandating that analyses be applied to certain classes of decisions. Legislative requirements that the Army Corps of Engineers consider the benefits of investment projects were introduced at the beginning of the last century, legislative requirements for the completion of environmental impact statements were imposed in 1970, and beginning in 1981, executive orders have required cost-benefit analyses be completed for major agency rulemakings. Higher education has responded to these demands by supplying persons trained specifically in policy analysis.

The U.S. Federal Data-Collection Process for Children and Youths who are Deaf-Blind

1992 ◽  
Vol 86 (10) ◽  
pp. 429-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Ward ◽  
A.M. Zambone
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Resource Distribution ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Collection Process ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Federal Data

Obtaining accurate counts of children who are deaf-blind is important for planning resource distribution and program development and implementation. Yet accuracy has been difficult to achieve for a number of reasons. This article reports the results of policy research that examined various strategies implemented by the U.S. federal government to obtain data on child counts and the issues related to this effort and its outcomes.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1305-1307
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The U.S

Nancy Folbre of University of Massachusetts, Amherst reviews “Taking Economics Seriously” by Dean Baker. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Explores the possible implications and benefits of shifting the terms of the debate over the U.S. free market and its role in the economy. Discusses the myth of the free market; malpractice; the big bank theory; and an economy for everyone. Baker is CoDirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. No index.”

scholarly journals What is technology assessment?

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (S1) ◽  
pp. 7-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Banta
Keyword(s):  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Alternatives ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
The U.S

Technology is generally defined as “science or knowledge applied to a definite purpose.” Technology assessment has been defined as a form of policy research that examines short- and long-term consequences (for example, societal, economic, ethical, legal) of the application of technology. The goal of technology assessment was said to be to provide policy makers with information on policy alternatives. Health technology assessment (HTA) grew out of this field and was developed in the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). However, the OTA was closed in 1995. The links between technology assessment and health technology assessment were more-or-less lost after the dissolution of OTA, and few workers in the field of HTA seem familiar with the roots of the field in the more general and social-oriented technology assessment.

scholarly journals Developing a Transformative Drug Policy Research Agenda in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Walker ◽  
Julie Netherland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
People Who Use Drugs ◽  
Drug Policies ◽  
Abstinence Only ◽  
The U.S

Despite its strengths, drug policy scholarship in the United States has deficiencies and systemic biases that contribute to misinformation about drugs and people who use drugs. Factors ranging from funders’ biases to an overemphasis on abstinence-only outcomes limit the scope and focus of drug policy research. These deficiencies and the highly politicized nature of drug policy reform have led U.S. decision-makers to largely reproduce the uninformed thinking that epitomizes failed drug policies. In an effort to address some of these limitations, we designed Unbounded Knowledge: Envisioning a New Future for Drug Policy Research, a project to engage researchers in thinking about how U.S. drug policy research should be transformed. The project involved a diverse group of multidisciplinary drug researchers and clinicians in a focused collaboration to identify what drug research should be—but is not—studying in the U.S. It consisted of: (1) a preliminary series of interviews with researchers, (2) identification of common research constraints and factors that would transform the direction of drug policy research in the U.S., and (3) a daylong workshop to craft an aspirational research agenda. Participants were broadly in consensus that significant changes are needed to create different ways to conduct drug policy research and new opportunities within the research environment. They also generated specific ideas for research that could better shape U.S. drug policies in ways that move beyond the dominant focus on criminalization and medicalization. This article offers recommendations generated by the project for improving drug policy research in the U.S.

scholarly journals The Potential Effects on United States Agriculture of an Avian Influenza Outbreak

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Brown ◽  
Daniel Madison ◽  
H.L. Goodwin ◽  
F. Dustan Clark
Keyword(s):  
Avian Influenza ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Poultry Industry ◽  
Influenza Outbreak ◽  
Sector Model ◽  
Food Expenditures ◽  
Food And Agricultural Policy ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. poultry industry has spent considerable resources to date preparing for an outbreak of avian influenza in this country. This research quantifies the potential effects of two alternative avian influenza scenarios on the poultry industry. In addition, this research looks at effects on other agriculture sectors including the loss of feed demand from an outbreak and the impacts on aggregate measures like farm income and consumer food expenditures. The economic sector model maintained by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) is employed for these scenarios.

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