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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

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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...

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

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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...

Memo From: DNC To: JFK Campaign-coordinators, "Remain alert to public's various attitudes towards 'Religion Issues.'" Date: Oct. 1960

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Memo reviewed by Eugenia Soiles, HKS MPA/MC This very short memo addresses a critical problem for Democrats in the 1960 campaign. James Wine, the author of the memo, begins with the bottom line upfront (BLUF) by describing that attitudes around religion...

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

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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...

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

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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...

Insight from Ann Hardman, Foreign Officer at U.S. Department of State

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A common challenge for new drafters is shifting from an academic style to the more journalistic style and structure of effective policy writing. Most academic papers present arguments that lead to a final conclusion, much like a mystery novel with a...

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

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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...

"Present at the Catastrophe: Standing By as Turks Cleanse Kurds in Northern Syria," US Envoy Criticizes Trump Administration

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Memo reviewed by Michelle Barton, HKS MC/MPA This foreign policy memo (found in the New York Times article by Eric Schmitt, 11/7/19) is a clear and concise piece of writing in response to a mammoth decision in U.S. foreign policy. It was written to...

Commissioner Hardesty Office Memo on Gun Violence in Portland

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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...

U.S. Hostages in Iran: Recommended Next Steps - Memo to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, 12/28/1979

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Memo Review by Anna Lipscomb, HKS MPP On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian college students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized over 50 U.S. hostages. This December 28, 1979 memo assesses the state of the Iran hostage crisis nearly two months...

Health Economist's memo to U.S. Treasury Secretary - "Urgent Need for Changes in Health Reform Implementation"

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Memo reviewed by Oriol Solé Borràs, HSPH Masters candidate, 2021 David Cutler, a Harvard health economist and an advisor to President Obama’s 2008 campaign sent in May 2010 a memo to Larry Summers, the Treasury Secretary at that time, arguing that the...

"Reinvigoration of Human Rights Policy," a Memo To: Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, 10/26/81

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Memo reviewed by Andreas L. Hahn, 2020 Fletcher MALD Candidate ( Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State (Clark) and the Under Secretary of State for Management (Kennedy) to Secretary of State Haig[1], 26 October 1981) The memo on the...