会议专题

Managing Agencies that Disseminate Scientific Information: Reference Points for Devising Review and Clearance Practices

Manygovernmentagenciesareconditionallyauthorizedtodisseminatescientific informationandrelatedpublicguidance.Suchagenciesdeliver“scientific researchtopublicinformationprograms.Reviewingandclearingmaterialfor disseminationisapivotalfunctionwithinsuchprograms.Thispaperdevelopsa casestudyofthescientific-research-to-public-informationprogramoperatedby oneagencyoftheU.S.FederalGovernmenttowidentheempiricalrangeof researchondeliveringthem.Itidentifiescomplicationsencounteredin performingtheagencyreviewandclearancefunction,particularlywhenmaterial ispreparedfordisseminationbyemployeesofmulti-programagenciesthatare structuredalongfunctional(ratherthanprogram)lines.Thiscasestudyalso examinesnovelpracticesdevisedbytheagency’sofficialstoobviaterecognized problems.Byreverse-engineeringthesepractices,thepaperpresentsadesign exemplartoserveasareferencepointfordevisinglocallynovelsolutionsto recognizedproblemsinanalogousfield-situations.

Michael Barzelay

Department of Management London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom

国际会议

2012公共管理国际会议(PMRC 2012)

上海

英文

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2012-05-25(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)