Published policy summary (7)
I believe the answer is:
outline
'summary' is the definition.
(I know that outline is a type of summary)
'published policy' is the wordplay.
'published' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'policy' becomes 'line' (as in the party line).
'out'+'line'='OUTLINE'
(Other definitions for outline that I've seen before include "Synopsis -- silhouette" , "Give a rough idea" , "General plan; sketch" , "route" , "Framework" .)