The Executive Summary - Expand your research from the Policy

The Executive Summary

Expand your research from the Policy Identification and Analysis assignment on Affordable Housing. For local or state policy references, research city, county, or appropriate state government websites. For federal policy references, the following websites may support additional research options.

• Governmental Accounting OfficeLinks to an external site.
• Public AgendaLinks to an external site.
• RAND CorporationLinks to an external site.
• Policy LibraryLinks to an external site.
• American Enterprise InstituteLinks to an external site.
• Cato InstituteLinks to an external site.
• Economic Policy InstituteLinks to an external site.
• The Heritage FoundationLinks to an external site.

Scenario

Use the policy you selected from the Policy Identification and Analysis assignment in Week 3 to research a published study related to your chosen area of focus. Then, prepare an Executive Summary with the following criteria listed for this assignment.

Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:

1. Establish the purpose(s) of the executive summary.
2. Provide the background to the issue.
3. Discuss the results of the research, identifying the models used to obtain the results.
4. Discuss appropriate economic predictors.
5. Propose at least two reliable, implementable recommendations.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Appropriately incorporate at least two quality sources. A quality source can be either grey literature, such as a news article, or scholarly, such as peer-reviewed/professional industry references. In the case of public administration, government or nonprofit websites are appropriate quality resources.