1. NJ PolicyOptions Pilot
Implementation Overview — Summer/Fall 2011

2. Steps
• Find Team of Reporters & Analysts
• Research Daily News Scan Sources
• Enter Daily News Digests
• Identify & Develop Partnerships

3. Team
• Bonners
• Work-Study Students
• Interns
• AmeriCorps Members
• Students in SL / CBR Courses

4. Sources
• Local | State | National
• Regular news content
• Access via:
★ Email subscription
★ RSS
★ Watch That Page

5. Issue Areas
Assignment State National Global
Arts, Culture & Media Chris nj-arts usa-arts
Budget Kamran nj-budget usa-budget
Children,Youth & Families Joel nj-children usa-children
Citizenship & Government Chris nj-government usa-government
Economy & Jobs Maddy nj-education usa-education
Education Ioaki nj-education usa-education
Environment Isles nj-environment usa-environment
Health Ioaki nj-health usa-health
Housing Isles nj-housing usa-housing
International Chris nj-international usa-international
Justice Maddy nj-justice usa-justice
Poverty Joel nj-poverty usa-poverty

6. Executive Non-Profit &
Legislative Branch Courts
Categories Branch Foundations
NEWS
Funding √ √
Regulations √
Legislation √
Executive Action √
Court Ruling √
Meeting √ √ √
Publication √ √ √
Assessment √ √
RESEARCH
Organization √ √ √ √
Program √ √
Policy Options √ √ √
Data Sources √ √ √
Key Player √ √ √ √
Issue Brief √ √ √ √

7. Local/County State National
Sources
• local govt sites (depts, mayor, county • Governors website • whitehouse.gov
managers) • Department websites • regulations.gov
• local newspapers, news sites, or • statewide newspapers, news sites, • fedthread.org
Executive Branch blogs or blogs • gpo.gov | govpulse.us
• statelocalgov.net • Federal Dept sites
• stateline.org
• local govt sites (city council, county • State Legislature, committees & • thomas.gov
commission) elected leaders sites • congress.org
• local newspapers, news sites, or • statewide newspapers, news sites, • govtrack.us
Legislative Branch blogs or blogs • opencongress.org
• washingtonwatch.com
• FoundationCenter.org • FoundationCenter.org • FoundationCenter.org
• State network or council of • State network or council of • foundationcenter.org/pnd/
Foundations foundations or grantmakers foundations or grantmakers • www.cof.org
• Grantee lists of funders • Grantee lists of funders • change.org
• local United Way • Issue-focused networks or • sourcewatch.org
• www2.guidestar.org associations • futurity.org
Non-Profits • State non-profit center • national associations
• www2.guidestar.org • think tanks

8. Enter
• Cut & paste summary
• Grab graphic image
• Link to related content
• Review & edit

9. Workflow
Publish in...
News & Email
Reporters Research News
Digest
Collect Enter Resources Website
Issue
Issue
Policy Analysts Briefs Briefs

10. Partnerships
• Research Action
• Action strategies:
★ Forums
★ Coalition meetings
★ Social (change) networking support