memorandum

 

  • It is common to also see briefing notes with numbered paragraphs, in order to create an efficient and well-organized paper.

  • [5] Other purposes that the briefing note can serve include: conveying information; informing decisions, making a request, providing a response to a question, making a suggestion,
    presenting an informal report, proposing a solution to a problem, or documenting a reference for future use.

  • The concise, coherent and penetrating note is the final expression of all other talents.”[7] In many governance settings based on the Westminster system, policy analysts are
    expected to analyze the issue and write the briefing note from a neutral civil service perspective.

  • [2] Policy briefing note A specific type of memorandum is the policy briefing note (alternatively referred to in various jurisdictions and governing traditions as policy issues
    paper, policy memoranda, or cabinet submission amongst other terms), a document for transmitting policy analysis into the political decision making sphere.

  • A break in the text would then be followed by an opening paragraph, which would more than likely describe the purpose of the memo.

  • [6] Quality criteria[edit] There is no universal standard for a briefing note, but it is generally understood to be a concise, coherent summary of a public policy problem
    with a clearly articulated logic for following a recommended course of action.

  • Policy documents that start with a proposal and assemble an argument for that position are more accurately referred to as a government white paper.

  • [4] Memos support decision making and to “help (or sometimes influence) a decision-maker to make a better decision in a particular problem situation than he might otherwise
    have made without the analysis”.

  • However, the briefing note “for decision” must contain a recommendation, acknowledging that “to say anything of importance in public policy requires value judgments, which
    must be explained and justified”.

  • Context is then added to the document, followed by a section of specific actions.

  • : memoranda; from the Latin memorandum, “(that) which is to be remembered”), also known as a briefing note, is a written message that is typically used in a professional setting.

  • A government green paper which raises a policy option and is meant to open a dialogue on the proposal is more similar in tone to a briefing note than is a white paper.

 

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