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
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）