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IV. Reactions to NPA Services and Mechanisms Encouraging Public Policy Participation The survey identified a number of services and mechanisms intended to facilitate nonprofits' public policy participation. State and national alerts ranked as the best services to facilitate public policy participation; over half of all respondents indicated these were most important on a scale of importance from 1 (most) to 5 (least). Federal government information and community briefings on legislative issues were rated as the next most important service. Encouraging Public Policy Participation “How do you rate the importance of the following services in facilitating public policy participation?” (For these responses the average N = 497) 1 most important 2 3 4 5 least important Mean Action alerts on: state issues 55% 24% 11% 5% 5% 1.81 national issues 50% 26% 17% 4% 3% 1.86 local issues 49% 23% 13% 8% 8% 2.02 Federal government information 43% 29% 20% 5% 3% 1.95 Community briefings legislative 42% 29% 18% 6% 4% 2.01 issues Public relations/Media training 37% 30% 20% 8% 5% 2.15 Advocacy Training 36% 26% 19% 11% 8% 2.31 Nonprofit success stories 22% 26% 25% 15% 12% 2.68 Nonprofit tax data 17% 13% 25% 24% 21% 3.19 While local alerts received generally the same number of positive responses as state/ national alerts, this service also attracted higher negative ratings. Public relations/media training and advocacy training also ranked as important services. Nonprofit success stories and tax data were not as well received. Services to Encourage Public Policy Participation State alerts National alerts Service Federal governm ent inform ation Com m unity briefings on le gis lative is s ue s Local alerts Public Re lations /M e dia training Advocacy training Nonprofit success stories 1 2 3 4 5 Nonprofit tax data 1 = Most Important; 5 = Least Important 44 • Building Blocks for the Future
The communications matrix was chosen as the most important mechanism to help public policy engagement. The matrix was defined as a tool to help reduce information overload. After the matrix, use of a nonprofit World Wide Web site was most important, followed by community briefings, information for the nonprofit sector (e.g., calendars, events) and the use of e-mail discussion groups. Telephone news banks ranked as important, although below the above items. The use of audio/video conferencing and community media both ranked as less important tools. Not surprisingly, those who completed the survey on-line gave the World Wide Web a significantly higher ranking as a mechanism to facilitate public policy participation. Mechanisms to Facilitate Public Policy Participation “How do you rate the importance of the following services in facilitating (public policy) participation?” (For these responses the average N = 497) 1 most important 2 3 4 5 least important Mechanisms to Encourage Public Policy Participation Mean Coordination Matrix 44% 28% 16% 6% 7% 2.04 Nonprofit World Wide Web site 30% 31% 19% 11% 8% 2.35 Community Briefings 26% 29% 27% 10% 8% 2.44 Information for the nonprofit sector 23% 29% 28% 11% 9% 2.54 E-mail discussion groups 26% 27% 21% 15% 11% 2.56 Telephone news banks 24% 26% 26% 12% 12% 2.61 Community radio and cable TV 15% 18% 27% 20% 19% 3.09 access Audio and video conferencing 12% 21% 28% 22% 18% 3.13 Coordinations Matrix Nonprofit World Wide Web Site Com m unity briefings Mechanism Inform ation for the nonprofit sector E-mail discussion groups Telephone new s banks 1 2 3 4 5 Com m unity radio and cable TV access Audio and video conferencing 1 = Most Important; 5 = Least Important Linking Nonprofits The survey identified a number of services and mechanisms intended to facilitate the linkage of nonprofits. The services all ranked nearly the same; none of the tools were considered of greater meaningful signifcance in aiding nonprofit linkages. Information on resources for training on communications technology had the highest average ranking; <strong>OMB</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> — May 1997 • 45
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