PA 542/543 Paper Topics

		GOVERNMENT TO CITIZEN
		1. USA Service (GSA)
		2. EZ Tax Filing (Treasury)
		3. Online Access for Loans (DoEd)
		4. Recreation One Stop (Interior)
		5. Eligibility Assistance Online (Labor)
		GOVERNMENT TO BUSINESS
		1. Federal Asset Sales (GSA)
		2. Online Rulemaking Management (DOT)
		3. Simplified and Unified Tax and Wage Reporting (Treasury)
		4. Consolidated Health Informatics (HHS)
		5. Business Compliance One Stop (SBA)
		6. Intyernational Trade Process Streamlining (Commerce)
		GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
		1. E-Vital (SSA)
		2. E-Grants (HHS)
		3. Disaster Assistance and Crisis Response (FEMA)
		4. Geospatial Information One Stop (Interior)
		5. Wireless Networks (Justice)
		INTERNAL EFFECTIVENESS/EFFICIENCY
		1. E-Training (OPM)
		2. Recruitment One Stop (OPM)
		3. Enterprise HR Integration (OPM)
		4. Integrated Acquisition (GSA)
		5. E-Records Management (NARA)
		6. Enterprise Case Management (Justice)

1. Has the agency provided guidance for all employees on the definition of Federal records and nonrecord materials, including those created by office automation tools (word processing, electronic mail, spreadsheet, and data base applications), and the ways in which they must be managed?
2. Does each office or program have written guidance on what records, including electronic records, are to be created and maintained and the format of each record copy?
3. Has the agency issued guidance and instructions for documenting policies and decisions, especially those decisions reached orally and for those communicated electronically?
4. Has the agency issued guidance on the record status of working papers or files and drafts?
5. Has the agency issued guidance on personal papers?
6. Has the agency implemented controls over the removal of documentary materials?
7. Do contracts identify which contractor-created records are Federal records?
8. Do contracts specify the delivery of all records that may, in addition to the final product, have future value to the agency? Are contractor required to deliver background data and technical documentation along with electronic records?

Executive Summary
Statement of the Problem
Context of the problem, i.e., the federal (or state or local) environment in today's IT context
Analysis of the problem; policy, management theory, best practices that come to bear on this issue. Cite relevant sources here and make sure any legislation bearing on this issue is clarified and presented appropriately.
The model - if possible, graphically represent it then textually decompose it for the reader. The model will reflect current thinking in management and the federal (or state or local) government, synthesizing the experience you have had and the knowledge you have gained throughout the PA program, integrating other course material on elements of strategic planning, project management, evaluation methods, organization change management, organization theory, leadership, and the like.
Recommendations. How can this prescriptive model be implemented?
Conclusion.
Bibliography with appropriate citation style

1. Participation in electronic rulemaking is more discursive than traditional forms of comment.
2. Electronic participation is more diverse demographically than traditional forms of comment.
3. Software for electronic participation in rulemaking privileges scientific and legalistic comments more than other forms of comment.
4. Electronic participants show more respect toward other opinions than participants in traditional forms of comment.
5. Citizen preferences change more after participating in electronic comment than in traditional comment.
6. Electronic participation occurs more in isolation than via groups than traditional forms of comment.
7. Electronic commentary is incorporated into revised rules.
8. Making scientific information for a proposed rule available to the public over the Internet results in more scientifically informed public comments.
9. Citizens are more likely to offer value-based justifications for a position on a ruling when commenting over the Internet.
10. Citizens who participate in Internet-based public comment periods are more likely to perceive the decsionp-making process as fair, and to report their interests were adequately represented in the final decision.
11. Citizens who participate in Internet-based public comment periods are more likely to report higher levels of trust in agencies than traditional commenters.
12. Final rulings that incorporate electronic comments in addition to traditional comments are more likely to reflect public values.
13. Final rulings that incorporate electronic comments and reflect public values are less likely to undergo litigation.