Public Policy

Every country, state on this beautiful planet endeavors to develop and make their citizens live a life that can be viewed as remarkable one their citizen will cherish forever but in order to achieve this endeavor, this life requires some form of guidance. This form of guidance that will lead to an action of improving the lives of people is basically one of the elements contained in a known as public policy. Everybody probably always wonder how rules, procedures, and practices are brought into the daily life of everyone in the United States. It all starts with public policy. Public policy is what governments decide. Policies aren’t the same as laws, but it is more a matter of how the laws are implemented. The public policy is formed in not that many steps or groups. “Policy is formulated with active involvement on the part of interest groups whose members do not seek election.” Also, the groups bring leaders and experts to define and discuss a problem and to reach a consensus on policies that address problems. There are groups that will lobby on one particular issue, while others will research and train on the issues as that one group concentrates on one issue. There is a process that identifies the problem of the public policy. The four typical and main steps of this public policy process is identifying a problem, formulating a policy, implementing the policy change, and evaluating the result. Each step is followed in order to make sure the process is done correctly. Step one is to outline the problem. After identifying and studying the problem, a new public policy may be formulated or developed. Step two would be once the new policy is in effect, the organizations and agencies will be responsible to carry out the policy. And the final step is evaluation, in which

it is always ongoing. There is someone who is responsible for determining solutions for public policy, and that person would be