Reason Established: Established as an organizational unit within the George Bush School of Government and Public Service to provide policy-makers with the various policy options along with the ramifications of each and to find ways to enable public officials and other decision-makers to make sounder decisions based on more comprehensive and balanced information by improving the process through which research-based information is communicated to them. Contact: Arnold Vedlitz; 862-8855; 4350 TAMU; <> [pdf of documents on file]