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This article examines how information or policy analysis can be credibly communicated between the bureaucracy & Congress. To investigate this issue, I develop a signaling model which shows that under certain circumstances-specifically when professionalized bureaucrats can impose observable costs on themselves that their politically inclined counterparts are unwilling to incur-credible communication between the bureaucracy & Congress is possible. A contribution of this article is that it provides a theoretical underpinning for the importance of professionalism & neutral competence in the bureaucracy as a means of promoting good governance. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractThe management of marketing and communication strategies involves a complex mix of different requirements, particularly for social enterprises, which try to fulfill both social and business aims while operating in a resource‐constrained context. Although social enterprises are a rising phenomenon, the research on how these businesses communicate their activities remains in its infancy. This study builds on the theory of planned behavior and the source credibility theory, presenting a conceptual framework that distinguishes between high, moderate, and low credibility of a social enterprise's communication, to analyze its effects on potential customers' behavioral intentions. Through an online experiment with 260 subjects, the authors demonstrate that attitude toward a social enterprise, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and, ultimately, the intention to support a social enterprise by purchasing its products increases with the social enterprise's message credibility. The authors also present practical implications and avenues for future research on the communication of social enterprises based on the empirical findings.

This article reviews the communication strategies Vietnam took before its detection of the first COVID-19 cases on 23 January and until mid-May. The purpose is to show how early and adequate dissemination of correct information about the pandemic helped in mobilizing public understanding, and thereby slowing the disease. This aspect is often downplayed, if not entirely dismissed, on grounds that Vietnam's single ruling communist party has a unique control over all communication outlets. What is missing in this argument is how and why, although the state has the tools to control the flow and content of information, it has chosen to be transparent in this case. Writing off the timely government interventions on political grounds also means disregarding the commitment of frontline physicians and workers as well as the voluntary participation of members of society. Regardless of Vietnam's social and political structure, its early interventions, particularly clear and up-to-date communications, can provide a vital lesson for other countries in dealing with a public health crisis.