A state Medicaid agency or a city Department of Public Health should practice strategic planning and management for the following reasons:

A. Public agencies also face competition, for the allocation of funding the state and municipal budgets, and for the attention of legislators and members of the public

B. The strategy-making process generates metrics that are useful measuring the agencys value and promoting it to various stakeholders (e.g., clients, legislators, taxpayers, political superiors).

C. Strategic plan is not helpful in persuading political superiors and legislators to grant the agency greater strategic freedom in the future.

D. A and B only

E. A, B, and C