01874pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002100040245006700061260000900128300001100137362001100148520126700159650002701426650003501453650002601488773003501514909001001549999001701559952010401576180718b1996   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAnderson, George  aThe new focus on the policy capacity of the federal government  c1996  a469-88  aWinter  aSenior officials in the federal public service are giving new attention to the need to strengthen policy capacity and this article draws heavily on the work of a task force of federal officials. Four themes run through the article: there is a strong, but neglected, managerial dimension to policy work; the greatest weakness in the current system is dealing with longer-term and strategic issues, especially of a horizontal nature; policy managers need to pay more attention to how to work with and support of the external policy community; leadership at the most senior levels of the public service is critical for strengthening policy capacity. Policy management within departments is examined in terms of seven broad policy functions and organizational arrangements. Policy management across government is examined in terms of the role of central agencies and the special problems of horizontal coordination, including the conditions promoting coordination and the machinery of interdepartmental relations. The importance of the personnel dimension of policy work is underlined, with consideration of policy generalists, policy managers and policy specialists. Finally, relations with the policy research community and the provinces are examined. - Reproduced  aCivil service - Canada  aPublic administration - Canada  aPublic administration  aCanadian Public Administration  a35480  c35480d35480  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 39, Issue no: 4pAR35736r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR