Which of the following is true about the ACAs role in changing CMSs usual policy implementation responsibilities?

the organization is sympathetic to a policy's objectives.

the organization has the necessary resources—authority, money, personnel, status or prestige, information and expertise, technology, and physical facilities and equipment—to implement a policy effectively.

Which of the following correctly orders the four time-specific types of policy evaluations?

Ex-ante, maintenance, monitoring, and ex-post

Monitoring, maintenance, ex-ante, and ex-post

Maintenance, monitoring, ex-ante, and ex-post

Ex-ante, ex-post, monitoring, and maintenance

Which of the following agencies is the investigative arm of Congress also known as the congressional watchdog?

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is known as "the investigative arm of Congress" and "the congressional watchdog." GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people.

Which of the following does the designing activity involve?

The designing activity involves efforts to establish the agenda of implementing organization, plan how to address the agenda, organize to carry out the plans.

Which is the most widely used approach in policy analysis?

The most common approach to policy analysis is to picture it as a series of analytical steps or stages, which are the elements in rational problem solving (Bardach and Patashnik 2016; MacRae and Whittington 1997).