In general, what of the issues specific to this policy stage?

As a class, we will be evaluating the First Steps Act Passes in 2019. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3747/text (Links to an external site.)

Section 1: Background
Summarize the Bill
What issues does it seek to address
How will it address this issue
Budget concerns
Implementation concerns

Section 2: Choose a stage of the policy process to be the focus of your evaluation
In general, describe what typically occurs at this policy stage
In general, what of the issues specific to this policy stage?
Specifically, explain what occurred during this stage as it relates to the First Steps Act

Section 3: Select the theory of Public Administration that in your opinion does the best job of describing or explaining what occurred with the First Steps Act.
Completely define and explain the theory

Section 4: Apply the theory to the First Steps Act
What do we learn when we examine/evaluate the First Steps Act with this theory?

Section 5: What are the key takeaways of this policy?
Based on this analysis what recommendations would you make the public administrators working on this policy going forward?
You will need a minimum of 15 sources for this evaluation.

There is no page minimum, but I would be surprised if you can do justice to this evaluation in less than 2500 words (10 pages double spaced).

Complete intext citations and bibliography

Possible Resources:

https://www.bop.gov/inmates/fsa/overview.jsp (Links to an external site.)

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-first-step-act-became-law-and-what-happens-next (Links to an external site.)

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-first-step-act-and-whats-happening-it (Links to an external site.)

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/18/18140973/state-of-the-union-trump-first-step-act-criminal-justice-reform (Links to an external site.)

https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/one-year-after-the-first-step-act/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.businessinsider.com/poll-first-step-act-criminal-justice-reforms-most-americans-approve-2018-12 (Links to an external site.)

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