Describe the responsibilities of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government in policy implementation
Explain why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is an important policy-implementing organization
Discuss the management challenges CMS faces in carrying out its policy implementation responsibilities
Describe the four key activities of policy implementation
Outline the federal rulemaking process
Discuss the role of interest groups in rulemaking
List and discuss three key variables in policy operation
Enactment of laws and amendments marks the transition from policy formulation to policy implementation
Implementation is primarily a management undertaking, which activates the intent of legislative enactments by managing human, financial, and other resources for the purpose of designing, rulemaking, operating, and evaluating
People in implementing organizations can:
Implement policies
Make other policies
Designing
Efforts to establish the agenda of an implementing organization, plan how to address the agenda, and organize to carry out the plans
Agenda is normally rather static
Periodically, substantial change may occur
Example: Additional implementing responsibilities given to CMS by the ACA