About the blog

Pencil Pusher/Number Cruncher envisions level-headed discussions of various public policy issues. Peeling through the fats of exaggeration and grandstanding that often accompany major policy announcements, this blog endeavors to apprise readers of possible implications of public policies.

This blog also reviews products, services, and websites of various government agencies as they relate to the needs of their clientele — the public.

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About the author

JAYSON EDWARD B. SAN JUAN is a policy researcher and analyst, and an online journalist who has written on emerging policy issues in the areas of electric power and water industries, public utilities regulation, public finance, and governance and technology.

From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a Technical Assistant of the political management firm PUBLiCUS Asia Inc., where he contributed to the policy discourse in Congress through various bills he has drafted. He was also a staff member of various national and local political campaigns for the upcoming 2010 presidential elections.

He also managed the online policy magazine THE LOBBYiST, where he contributed policy analyses on hot-button and timely policy issues for Congressional leaders. Mr. San Juan has also conducted seminars and workshops on new media and the intersection of politics, government, and the Web.

From 2002 to 2006, he was a policy researcher with the Freedom from Debt Coalition. In this role, he wrote on the viability of stock ownership as an alternative to cash refunds in the Meralco case. The Philippine Department of Energy consequently adopted his paper as one of its policy proposals.

Mr. San Juan has also authored an article on reproductive health for the Population Chronicle of the League of Cities of the Philippines and the United Nations Population Fund.

You may download his curriculum vitae.

Disclaimer

All views and opinions expressed in this blog are the author’s own, and they do not necessarily reflect the opinions and positions of his affiliations.

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Contact details

Email: jayson.sanjuan [at] gmail.com