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This study builds a conceptual framework of contractual governance through an examination of the policy environment and contracting process under one federal program, circular A-76. To comply with the government's general policy of relying on commercial sources to supply products and services, Circular A-76 requires agencies to study selected activities and put them up for bid between in0-house government departments and private companies. ; Ph. D.

Meta-synthesis is an approach to reviewing qualitative research results. Many research results dealing with improvements to emergency management can be integrated into strategies for network management in emergencies. This meta-synthesis used a keyword search and survey of experts to identify representative studies of emergency response. It then used the reciprocal translation approach to synthesizing the studies. The synthesis is captured in a two-by-two matrix, one axis distinguishing between activity- and network-level interventions and the other between planning and improvisation strategies.

The authors of the Refounding volumes raised concerns about citizen inclusion in agency decision making. We respond by studying public participation in federal decision making through 61 interviews with federal officials. We examine the interviewees' candid perceptions of public engagement through three themes of the Refounding: the importance of deliberation, attention to whose words are heard, and facilitation of the processes of interaction. Our findings suggest that while agencies do work to engage the public, there are still many challenges to achieving meaningful public participation, which yields consequences for legitimacy and trust.