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PubPolicy
Role of Individuals and Organizations on Public Policy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A campaign that provides a stack of mail supporting or opposing a particular issue. If they are handwritten, they are especially persuasive to policy makers. | Letter-Writing |
| Businesses and trade associations, professional organizations, labor unions, environmental organizations, and ordinary citizens are often represented by interests groups and the lobbyists that actively promote their groups’ cause. | Interest Groups |
| Firms whose function is to contact members of Congress, state legislatures and officials of the executive branch to provide them with information about the positive or adverse effects of a particular piece of public policy legislation and influence votes | Lobbying Firms |
| A professional who works to create a relationship with a legislator or executive agency | Lobbyist |
| Individuals and organizations donate money to candidates, endorse candidates of issues, conduct grassroots activities such as get-out-the-vote drives, and organize demonstrations, parades or rallies in favor of the candidate | Campaigning for Candidates |
| Individuals and organizations have an opportunity to provide feedback and possibly influence the agency before that rule or regulation is adopted | Commenting on Proposed Rules and Regulations |
| Doing legal research, legal writing, drafting a pleading, interviewing witnesses before trial, and engaging in negotiation before information is presented to a judge or referee | Preparing Judicial Briefs |
| A statement issued by an agency, board, or commission that has the force of law | Regulation |
| A book, published daily by the U.S. federal government, containing the schedule of hearings before Congressional and federal agency committees, together with orders, proclamations, etc. | Federal Register |
| To work for the success of a particular candidate, party, ticket, etc., in an election | Electioneering |
| Public Policy | A system of laws, regulations, actions, and funding priorities dealing with a particular topic or issue carried out by a governmental entity or its representatives |
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Mr. Marfy
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