For this assignment you are to take on the role of a policy analyst for the President of the United States. You have been hired to ensure that the President is up to speed on the various issues that he will have to face and has a well-reasoned policy recommendation to consider. Your task is to write the President a policy brief.
Identify, discuss and evaluate a minimum of 3 policy options for the President to consider. Go into this section with an open mind. Your options should flow out of the problem definition. Give each option you present a fair hearing—you are laying out options for the President to consider and he needs the facts and a fair analysis on each so he can make an informed decision.
3. Present your position on the issue, i.e., choose ONE of the options you outline in the previous step. Please note that you are being asked to choose one solution form a group of potential options. Do not structure your list of options such that you recommend an ‘all of the above’ solution—you must choose. If you like all of your options you must at minimum choose which one is most important and should be done first. This will help you to get a sense of the tradeoffs that are necessary in the real world. This is the section in which you get to present your position; prior to this section you have been focusing on the facts.
4. Present an argument and evidence in support of your position. Prove to the President that this solution is, indeed, the best option available to address the problem. Notice the need to provide evidence—don’t just put an assertion out there without backing it up with evidence.
