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Sowing Seeds of Change Informing Public Policy in the Economic Research Service of USDA (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 13-16

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... The interaction of research and policy occurs in diverse ways. One of the most important is the intramural programs of economic research and information in government agencies charged with responsibilities for support of economic policy.
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... The demand to understand the policy implications of changes in markets that are driven by innovations in science and technology presents a need for the continued development of new information and research in support of economic policy. Producing data, information, and research in support of policy is itself an economic problem.
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... Some agencies produce information and research internally, others rely on grants and contracts, and yet others develop long-term relations with organizations outside government that do much of the actual work. To be effective, a research and information agency in support of public economic policy must understand the nature of the services it is charged to provide, the clients to whom it provides the services, and the way that its clients will evaluate the services provided.
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... The organizational framework within which a research and information agency in support of public economic policy is placed vitally affects its ability to marshal and administer its services effectively. This framework must cope with a tension that is evident in all government agencies charged with economic policy responsibilities and throughout the history of ERS.
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