Congressional committees as users of analysis

Structural arrangements in the Congress work against the use of analysis, but newer developments, such as growth in staff professionalism and activity of the congressional support agencies, tend to promote it. Interviews with committee staff show that they are aware of much analysis, use it primaril...

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Published in:Journal of policy analysis and management 1989-07, Vol.8 (3), p.411-431
Main Author: Weiss, Carol H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis for Congress
Analytics
Committees
Congress
CONGRESS (ALL NATIONS)
Congressional committees
Educational research
Enlightenment
Executive branch
Policy analysis
Policy making
Policy sciences
Political interest groups
Political parties
POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION
Subcommittees
United States
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Summary:Structural arrangements in the Congress work against the use of analysis, but newer developments, such as growth in staff professionalism and activity of the congressional support agencies, tend to promote it. Interviews with committee staff show that they are aware of much analysis, use it primarily for political advantage, but that they also take it seriously as warning of problems and as guidance on particular issues. Staff value information more when they know and trust its source and understand its political motivations. The use of analysis to reconceptualize problems is not much in evidence, perhaps because such "enlightenment" takes place elsewhere and filters into the Congress through informal channels.
ISSN:0276-8739
1520-6688
DOI:10.2307/3324932