Policy Evaluation for Policy Communities: Confronting the Utilization Problem

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Essays, opinions, and professional judgments are welcome in this section of EP. Forum articles speak to and about the philosophical and ethical dilemmas of our profession. Authors are invited to express their views to encourage constructive dialogue centered on issues. To keep the dialogue substantive, other articles motivated by previous Forum presentations should have independent titles and themes. Items labeled "Comments on ..." and "Rejoinder to ...' will not be published in Forum - such responses, and those not of article length or nature, are welcome and encouraged in the Letters section of EP. Standard citations and reference lists should acknowledge and identify earlier contributions and viewpoints. Manuscripts should not exceed 10 double-spaced typewritten pages in length.

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