Structure

Please head each discussion 1 & 2

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Week 4 eActivity

·         Go to one or more of the following Websites and review at least two policy papers or reports published by a government agency or a think tank that address a problem or an issue of interest: Public Agenda, located at http://www.publicagenda.org/; RAND Corporation located at http://www.rand.org/; and / or  American Enterprise Institute, located athttps://www.aei.org/.(Note: cut and past the link into your browser if clicking on the link directly does not take you to the sites).

Discussion 1

"Structuring the Problem" Please respond to the following:

·         From the e-Activity,select at least one article or report for analysis. Make sure you cite the article in your Discussion Question response in proper APA format.

·         From the article or report you select, provide at least two examples from the article and from your own research of ways that worldviews, ideologies, and/or popular myths may have shaped the formulation of a specific problem or issue. Again, provide the source(s) of the paper or report you selected.

Discussion 2

For the following issues:

― Develop a clear, concise and succinct problem statement

― Identify stakeholders and what their different concerns would be

― What information would be used to evaluate the problem

• Illegal Immigration

• Improving American schools

• Protecting our children from Internet predators

• Decreasing Federal government spending due to needed budget cuts
• Combatting childhood obesity

• Reducing prison overcrowding while still combatting crime