Public Policy : the Duty of Government Public Policy, Duty, Government

Abstract

This article aims to present public policy as the duty of government whereby the government is the mainstay in formulating policies to allocate resources to the citizens of the country. Determining public policy is a broad approach to solving problems or developing or meeting needs. It is important to decide how the government will shape public policy. It is required on data and used techniques and theories to help make decisions for policy formulation procedures which are included problem identification, gathering information about the problem, problem analysis, goal setting, defining the scope and framework of the policy, study of policy-related limitations, policy alternative design, alternative analysis, comparative consideration of alternatives, alternative test, draft policy, suggesting strategies for policy implementation and approval and announcement as a policy respectively. Information and uses techniques and theories to help for making decisions are required. For the policy-making process, these are included problem identification, collecting information about problem analysis problems, set goals Define the scope and framework of the policy. The public policy is the distribution of interests or values between individuals and groups. The interests in the socio-political system are called “social value appropriations” (William, 1975).