Artifact: “a source that you think will get at the main argument you will try to make during your presentation, people they introduce you to and the sources and values they keep.”
5 Important Artifacts for interning at Rep. Kay Khan’s officeKay Khan (herself)
1. https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/K_K1She is an important artifact because I can learn from what she tells me to do. Specifically, I can learn how to write my own memos, be a part of state government, and understand the process of how to work on fixing the state budget
2. Chief of Staff Jessi BrunelleShe’s my boss; she teaches and controls my day-to-day actionsProperly writing policy memosThis is one of the few jobs I was assigned to do and very important because this is my way of connecting with other staffers and house members
4. Briefings are “summaries of certain issues, the policy options to deal with it, and some recommendations on the best option. It is aimed at government policymakers and others who are interested in formulating or influencing policy. Policy briefs can take different formats.”http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2195e/i2195e03.pdf