Define the term - authoritative government decision

We can sum up by way of saying that the intent to implement a policy is not the same thing as a real policy. Failure to implement or enforce an authoritative government decision is, of course, a problem of governance, which itself can become a focus for subsequent policy reform initiatives. In any event, as a policy initiative moves through government many decision makers at various levels become involved; and they will collectively determine whether a policy is to be implemented in whole, or in part, or not at all. We can say that a policy initiative is no longer on the government agenda if it has been rejected by those responsible for its implementation, and no one in or close to government wants to raise the issue again; but it is still an agenda item as long as it is lurching toward implementation, picking up or losing bureaucratic (or popular) support as it goes.