The authors argue that efficient water allocation is possible through markets as long as water rights are well-defined, enforced, and transferable. They provide a framework for considering third-party and free rider affects from water trades. From this framework, they consider the prospects for...

In this article, two former staff members of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff present their views of one of the federal government's most important policy offices. The article provides a description of the unit's organizational characteristics and responsibilities, an historical...

After federal workers were covered by the social security system for the first time in 1983, the Congressional Research Service began working with congressional committees, particularly the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, on the design of a new federal retirement system made...