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Instructor:
Rachel Garshick Kleit
kleit@u.washington.edu
P: 206.221.3063
Office: Parrington 209C
Office Hrs:T/TH 11-noon & by appointment

Class Information:
Class Meeting Times:
T/TH 9:30-10:50am
Location:
Parrington 108

Teach Assistant :
Anne Buffardi
buffardi@u.washington.edu
P: 206.616.5204
Office: Parrington 124 & 405
Office Hrs: M 11am-noon; F 9:30-10:30 (except on review days)

 

 

 

Policy Analysis

PBAF 513 — Spring 2009

These are links to examples of policy analysis performed by public agencies and think tanks. Some of these are reports that focus on problem definitions. Others lay out policy options and evaluate them. Some are testimonies before Congress presenting policy trade offs.

 

Washington State Institute for Public Policy (SIPP)

The Comparative Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime

Full-Time Higher Education Under TANF: Other States' Practices and
Policy Options for Washington


The Learning Assistance Program: Options to Revise the State Funding Formula

Economic Development Accountability Laws

Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth

RAND

Cost-Effective Allocation Of Government Funds To Prevent HIV Infection

Improving Maternal and Child Health Care : A Blueprint for Community Action in the Pittsburgh Region

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Flood Map Modernization: Program Strategy Shows Promise, but Challenges Remain, GAO-04-417 , March 31, 2004    

Electricity Restructuring: 2003 Blackout Identifies Crisis and Opportunity for the Electricity Sector, GAO-04-204 , November 18, 2003.  (A powerpoint presentation)

Highway Infrastructure: Perceptions of Stakeholders on Approaches to Reduce Highway Project Completion Time, GAO-03-398 , April 9, 2003.

Testimony:  Community Development Block Grant Formula: Targeting Assistance to High-Need Communities Could Be Enhanced, GAO-05-622T , April 26, 2005

Environmental Liabilities: EPA Should Do More to Ensure That Liable Parties Meet Their Cleanup Obligations, GAO-05-658 , August 17, 2005

 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Budget Options

Estimated Costs of Continuing Operations in Iraq and Other Operations of the Global War on Terrorism , June 25, 2004, Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad

An Analysis of the U.S. Military's Ability to Sustain an Occupation in Iraq , September 3, 2003
Letter to the Honorable Robert C. Byrd,

Options to Expand Federal Health, Retirement, and Education Activities , June 2000,

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