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Today, no area of public life is out of reach for presidents and governors. After the press releases and speeches, we ask what these orders actually accomplished.
When a chief executive orders a change in policy, it sets off a process that is opaque, varied, and hard to track. Orders become planning documents, which become guidance, which may or may not become results — like lives saved, money spent, crimes prevented, barriers built.
EPRG is building a body of evidence on what makes executive action effective — and what it means for public trust in democratic institutions.
