TITLE:
Covid-19 Impacts on the Public Policy and Budget Process on Executive Decision in the United States of America
AUTHORS:
Robb Shawe, Ian R. McAndrew
KEYWORDS:
Public Administration, Appropriation Committee, Fiscal Year
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.4,
April
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: Public administration captures extensive policy
formulation, implementation, and continuous monitoring and evaluation. Sound
policies are contrived on current and future social, economic, and political
implications. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic projected an
extensive challenge to policymakers in healthy crises, economic collapse, and
political and social systems disruptions. The study examines the impacts Covid-19
has on public policy and the budget process regarding executive decisions in
the United States (USA). Relying extensively on previous scholarly
undertakings, the researcher established themes regarding general budgeting
processes that understand the federal budget processes, policy development, and
criteria for evaluating their effectiveness. Through descriptive and empirical
analysis, public budgeting policies were examined regarding territorial
effects, fiscal impacts, political party differences, and overall mortality
rates. Findings postulate that political party differences exist in public
policy and budgeting processes. However, the policymakers quickly suggested and
formulated ideal policies to curb the impacts of Covid-19 in the USA. Although Covid-19
brought several positive effects, it outweighed the adverse impact on the US
economy. The territorial consequences, such as supporting vulnerable
populations, are exemplary during a pandemic. Progressively, anchoring federal
budgeting and policy development processes on sound data is ideal and
practical.