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Association: Name: The Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Doyon, Victoria. "Professional Associations: Defining a collaborative state and federal approach to the Homeland Security Act 2002." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83842_index.html>

Doyon, V. A. , 2004-04-15 "Professional Associations: Defining a collaborative state and federal approach to the Homeland Security Act 2002." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83842_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: A fundamental question underlying theories addressing government reorganization and intergovernmental relations concerns the role of coordinated versus collaborative systems of government. The theoretical approaches present alternative hypotheses about the relative effect of a centralized versus participatory governmental systems on policy and program outcomes. Whereas centralized approaches generally focus on administrative or federal regulatory controls, participatory approaches increasingly identify the importance of state and local flexibility and accountability in policy and program design and implementation. These basic analytic frameworks also serve to focus particular attention on persistent debates over whether increasing coordination or increasing collaboration in intergovernmental relations results in greater efficiency and effectiveness in policy and program decision-making. This paper raises a general concern about the inherent issues of representative democracy in the U.S. system of federal government. This paper asserts that the role of associations in policy formation serves to synthesize if not reflect the diversity of perspectives is central to intergovernmental relations and representative democracy. The specific aim of this paper is to explore this question: what is the effect of professional associations on state and local public health officials in shaping the national bioterrorism policy? The methodology employed will use a case study approach to analyze the Homeland Security Act 2002. A qualitative review suggests that a fundamental shift in the overall legislative language, from a coordinated to a collaborative intergovernmental model, occurred along the continuum from policy initial framing of the policy issues, to policy design, amendment and enactment. This finding suggests that the professional association direct engagement in the legislation reflects as well, an increased state and local interest and involvement in strengthening their role in public health critical infrastructure capacity. The paper argues that the associations mediate diverse state and local stakeholder interests in influencing national policy. It further argues that the role of the professional associations served to ensure that the Department of Health and Human services (HHS) retained authority and jurisdiction over core public health functions including chemical biological, radioactive and nuclear (CBRN) homeland security concerns. These critical public health 'dual' functions remain squarely under the authority and jurisdiction of HHS. Significant is HHS's collaborative institutional relationship to the newly established Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HHS remains, however, institutionally outside the DHS reorganization. The legislation as originally put forward emphasized a coordinated or more centralized intergovernmental relationship between HHS and DHS with respect to CBRN critical infrastructure capacity. The subsequently amended and enacted legislation shifted toward a collaborative institutional solution. The paper argues that this change in institutional norms reflects the historical relationships of national, state and local public health infrastructure. The collaborative participatory approach was not advanced directly by the stases, but rather emerged as the professional associations assumed a central role in framing the policy, designing the alternatives and promoting state and local support for enactment. The paper has significant theoretical and practical policy implications that touch on representative democracy, organizational theory, intergovernmental relations and federalism.

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