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name: Policy Implementation by Executive Order: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Agency Decisions and Organizational Characteristics on Government Expenditures Through a Minority Businesses Enterprise Set-Aside Program in Ohio
description: Government agencies use minority business enterprises (MBEs) to provide goods, services, and access to opportunities as strategies to respond to citizens’ demand for equality in obtaining governmental bids. Set-aside programs have come under scrutiny in the United States since their inception in the 1940s (Anderson, 2005). A Supreme Court case, Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin (2011), forced a broader national debate regarding race-based enrollment and public monies used in the admission process at a state-funded institute of higher learner. The effectiveness, relevance, sustainability, and legality of this set-aside program by a state government agency represent the legal challenges involving the balance between equality and access to government goods and services converge. In a novel approach to investigating a recently enacted set-aside program, this study applied Mazmanian and Sabatier’s (1980) implementation framework to examine the effectiveness Executive Order (EO) 2008-S13, signed by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland in 2008. EO 2008-S13 required government agencies to improve their expenditures with MBEs through set-aside initiatives, the objective also being to increase the number of MBEs registering to do business with government. This study began with a historical assessment of set-aside programs, including why they were created and how successful they have been as a policy tool in the United States.There were seven major conclusions. First, there was a significant increase in government expenditures with MBEs following implementation of EO 2008-S13 (2008). Second, there was a twofold increase in the number of MBEs registering to do business with the state following EO 2008-S13 implementation. Third, agency training and education were found to be significantly related to a positive change in agency expenditures with MBEs. Fourth, the findings reveal that cabinet agencies participated in more MBE outreach, training, and education programs, as well as submi…
abstract: Government agencies use minority business enterprises (MBEs) to provide goods, services, and access to opportunities as strategies to respond to citizens’ demand for equality in obtaining governmental bids. Set-aside programs have come under scrutiny in the United States since their inception in the 1940s (Anderson, 2005). A Supreme Court case, Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin (2011), forced a broader national debate regarding race-based enrollment and public monies used in the admission process at a state-funded institute of higher learner. The effectiveness, relevance, sustainability, and legality of this set-aside program by a state government agency represent the legal challenges involving the balance between equality and access to government goods and services converge. In a novel approach to investigating a recently enacted set-aside program, this study applied Mazmanian and Sabatier’s (1980) implementation framework to examine the effectiveness Executive Order (EO) 2008-S13, signed by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland in 2008. EO 2008-S13 required government agencies to improve their expenditures with MBEs through set-aside initiatives, the objective also being to increase the number of MBEs registering to do business with government. This study began with a historical assessment of set-aside programs, including why they were created and how successful they have been as a policy tool in the United States.There were seven major conclusions. First, there was a significant increase in government expenditures with MBEs following implementation of EO 2008-S13 (2008). Second, there was a twofold increase in the number of MBEs registering to do business with the state following EO 2008-S13 implementation. Third, agency training and education were found to be significantly related to a positive change in agency expenditures with MBEs. Fourth, the findings reveal that cabinet agencies participated in more MBE outreach, training, and education programs, as well as submi…
author: Blount, Ian Y.
language: English
keywords: Public Policy, Public Administration, Business Administration, Black Studies, Organization Theory, Entrepreneurship, Minority Business Enterprise, Minority Set-asides, Government Contracting, Executive Orders, Government Mandates
date published: 2013-07-24
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:37:46Z
provider: OhioLINK
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The Ohio State University