assignments for sochien

this assignment, each student in the class has been assigned to a working group and a policy issue (My issue is Immigration: Advocating for Policy that Expands Immigration in the U.S.)

You should develop a legislative history review for the assigned policy. Students should be familiar with the information provided in Chapter 5 of Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy Making Process by Catherine F. Smith as it addresses the process for preparing and writing a public policy legislative history document. This assignment should be written as a report (see examples on page 102 -107) regarding your group policy issue. The goal of providing a public policy legislative review is to provide knowledge of U.S. proposed or enacted law regarding a defined problem based on consulting legislative records. The product should be a written document tracing either history of a single law or history of laws on an issue. For this assignment consider addressing the guidelines presented on pages 95 –96 that include 1) knowing why the research is needed, 2) knowing the user and the user’s purpose for the information, 3) setting the scope, 4) taking the necessary time and managing your time, and 5) using existing skills and adding needed ones. Following these guidelines, as well as completing the three tasks listed below will aid you in writing an effective legislative history review report.

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Task 1: Review the legislative process (page 96 -97)

Task 2: Conduct research (page 97 -100)

Task 3: Write legislative history document using standard reporting format(page 100 -101)

•Provide an overview that summarizes the message and key information

•Divide the report into subsections that provide summaries of important information

•Utilize subheadings that label each subsection

•Include full citations that in addition to the required APA format include issuing agency, title, edition, publisher information, series, and notes as needed.

The textbook provides several examples of effective policy evaluation documents in Chapter 5, on pages 102–118. I recommend utilizing the style of writing presented in example 1 on page 102 as a legislative report when preparing your assignment.

While there is no firm page limit, I expect most memos will be approximately 3 but not more than four(4) pages long, DoubleSpace not including your citations/sources page(s). Margins should not exceed one inch and the font must be 11 or 12-pointTimes New Roman.

Please include the header or cover page for the paper as described in the syllabus, which should include the title of the assignment and submission date. Cover pages do not count against your page limits. Students are encouraged to review Viewpoint 4: General Method of Communicating in a Policy Process (Chapter 2, p. 29 -31) and review your writing utilizing the Features of Effectiveness and Measures of Excellence checklists provided in the text (Chapter 3, p. 32 –33).

The guidelines for this assignment are based upon information from Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy Making Process, Third Edition, Chapter 5by Catherine F. Smith.