Closing the Weather Service Office in Lake City

Publication Date: March 01, 2004

This case tells the story of a public campaign to halt plans to close, for budgetary reasons, a local weather service office, whose forecasting functions would be assumed by other larger offices in the area equipped with state-of-the art radar...

The AmeriCorps Budget Crisis of 2003 (B)

Publication Date: March 01, 2004

The (B) case, details the decisions which the Corporation for National and Community Service made as to how best to estimate the funding needs for the Trust. The (B) case (1740.0), however, goes on to frame political questions which develop when...

The AmeriCorps Budget Crisis of 2003: Why the National Service Movement Faced Cutbacks and How it Responded (A)

Publication Date: March 01, 2004

The (A) case (1739.0) focuses on the early years of the program in the 1990s, providing a definitive account--based on interviews with those who drafted the authorizing legislation--on how the program was conceived and structured and how it...

The New Hampshire Landslide Warning

Publication Date: February 01, 2004

This case describes a situation (based on actual events, but disguised in this telling) in which city officials receive a warning that as a result of persistent snow followed by rain, there is a significant probability of a major landslide from...

Drug Testing at North City High School (B)

Publication Date: February 01, 2004

This fictionalized two-part case describes a standard policy analysis problem that arises in screening using imperfect tests. It poses the challenge faced by a school principal about whether drug testing for students should be ordered. Under...

Drug Testing at North City High School (A)

Publication Date: February 01, 2004

This fictionalized two-part case describes a standard policy analysis problem that arises in screening using imperfect tests. It poses the challenge faced by a school principal about whether drug testing for students should be ordered. Under...

A Duty to Leak?

Publication Date: February 01, 2004

This case describes the challenge faced by the executive director of a (disguised) human rights watchdog agency. The state wants to increase the number of inmates in its prisons (without increasing the size of the facilities). This requires the...

"Big Media" Meets the "Bloggers": Coverage of Trent Lott's Remarks at Strom Thurmond's Birthday Party

Publication Date: February 01, 2004

The resignation of Mississippi Senator Trent Lott from his position as Majority Leader was an event unprecedented in the history of the US Senate. It occurred precipitously, in the wake of remarks he had made at an event where no one expected...

City of New York and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Publication Date: January 30, 2004

The Office of Management and Budget of the City of New York is considering how to use a new source of revenue--the payments from the Tobacco Master Settlement. The recently settled tobacco lawsuit between the states and the major tobacco...

United Way Mass Bay and the Faith & Action Initiative (B): Going for the Gold?

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

In July 2002, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB) faced a dilemma it could not have imagined five years earlier: whether to lead a coalition of faith-based organizations applying for a grant from the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF),...

United Way Mass Bay and the Faith & Action Initiative (A): Should Faith Be Funded? (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

In March 1997, United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB) contemplated a dramatically new approach to its grant-making. The Faith and Action Initiative (FAA) had the potential to direct United Way funds to religious organizations. For decades, UWMB...

United Way Mass Bay and the Faith & Action Initiative (A): Should Faith Be Funded

Publication Date: January 01, 2004

In March 1997, United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB) contemplated a dramatically new approach to its grant-making. The Faith and Action Initiative (FAA) had the potential to direct United Way funds to religious organizations. For decades, UWMB...