Public Policy

Question 1

Public Policy

Answer 1

Statements or principles underlying government action OR made or initiated by government at local, state and fed. levels

• made in the public’s name
• describes what the gov’t intends to do and what the gov’t chooses not to do
• are interpreted and implemented by private citizens and public entities

Question 2

Formal Public Policy

Answer 2

Include rules, regulation and laws

Question 3

Informal Public Policy

Answer 3

• Private and unwritten
• deal with personal interactions among our families, friends, neighbors and communities
• cultures, customs, religion - all types of private policy

Question 4

Smoking

Answer 4

Smoking was once a private matter - Now, it is a formal matter