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Insight from Mohd Daud Mat Din, Senior Fellow, Bait Al Amanah, Malaysia. Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

April 09, 2026

Practitioner Insight: Mohd Daud Mat Din, Senior Fellow, Bait Al Amanah, Malaysia. Edward S. Mason Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School (*These are his personal views and not representative of the ministries he has worked with.) Q: What is your current role and...

Memo Review - Environmental Protection Agency Memo - High lead levels in drinking water in Flint, MI

April 03, 2026

One of the catalysts of the nationwide outrage around the Flint water crisis in Michigan was a memo written by Miguel Del Toral, an EPA regulations manager in Chicago. A local Flint resident contacted her regional EPA office and connected with Del Toral...

Memo Review - International Policy Advice for the World Bank, November 2020

November 21, 2025

Click to view memo being reviewed: Memorandum on International Policy Advice for the World Bank, To: The President of the World Bank, From: Pinelopi (Penny) Koujianou Goldberg, November 2020 Overall, Goldberg presents a persuasive advisory memorandum by...

Memo Review of President Reagan's memo to Domestic Policy Council Members, 06/25/1987

November 21, 2025

Memo being reviewed - Memo from President Ronald Reagan to Domestic Policy Council Members, 06/25/1987 (PDF) In 1987, President Ronald Reagan wrote a memo to the Domestic Policy Council to provide direction on protecting the ozone layer ahead of...

Memo Review of President Truman's Assistant, David Lloyd. Summary outline of discussion of long-term international problems for January 1950

November 15, 2025

Memo being reviewed: Summary Outline of Discussion of Long-Term International Problems for January 1950, by David Lloyd This review examines a memo by President Harry Truman’s assistant David Lloyd, who is providing policy options for foreign investment...

Review of "Notes for Meeting with Dr. King on March 5th"

November 19, 2024

Memo reviewd by: Sasha Dierauf, MPAID, Nitin Ranjan, MPP, Lucas Schmuck, MPP, and Franklin Chen, MPP President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. meet in the White House Cabinet Room on March 18, 1966.Yoichi Okamoto/White House) The...

"Closure of ICE Detention Facilities," a memo to the Secretary of Homeland Security from members of the ACLU, 09/06/23

May 12, 2023

Memo reviewed by: Veronica Diaz, HKS MPA/ID, Paul Nolan, HKS MPP, Sima Thakkar MPA/MC, and Aleena Ali, MPP The memo reviewed, "Closure of ICE Detention Facilities," is a memo from the ACLU to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, urging him...

Memo from the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, "Next Steps on Suicide Prevention in the Military," 03/16/2023

May 11, 2023

Memo reviewed by, Guido Torres, HKS NSF, Manual Ortiz-Senior, HKS MPA/MC, and Shivani Gupta, HKS MPA/ID The memo titled ‘Next Steps on Suicide Prevention’ serves to address the critical concern of suicides within the Department of Defense. The memo...

Joint Statement Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar to Secure World Cup Qatar 2022

November 02, 2022

Memo reviewed by Tom Pesce, MPA The memo I reviewed is a Joint Statement between the US DHS and the Qatar Minister of the Interior , regarding security measures for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. In general, the memo's aim is to announce the partnership...

Commissioner Hardesty Office Memo on Gun Violence in Portland

November 02, 2022

Memo Review by Ashley Hong, MPP Memo: Commissioner Hardesty Office Memo on Gun Violence in Portland Links to an external site. This is a public memo from the Policy Director of Portland's Commissioner to the Mayor's Office of Portland. In advance of an...

Israeli Nuclear Program: Memo to President Nixon from Henry Kissinger, 7/16/69

August 08, 2022

Memo Review by Alex Dubin, HKS MPP President Richard Nixon (center), Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (left), and Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger (right), in the Oval Office. Memo: https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/virtuallibrary...

Insight from Jasjeet Ajimal, Former Senior Advisor and Director to Canadian Provincial Cabinet Minister

August 01, 2022

What is your current title and your most recent title as a policy practitioner? I am currently the co-chair of the Save Afghan Minority Project with the Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation and continue to advise the private sector on public-private-community...