Energy conservation is widely considered to be the most promising solution to the nation's energy problems. The dominant public policy in this field has been to encourage conservation by decontrolling energy prices and relying on consumers to respond to price increases in ways that best meet...

Program evaluation can be used for three purposes: to learn about a program's operations and effects, to control the behavior of those responsible for program implementation, and to influence the responses of outsiders in the program's political environment. Most agencies fail to take full...

The day care policy of the United States is generated effectively by interactions among tax law, food stamps, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and block grants for social services. These various programs are administered or controlled by different departments, different branches, and...