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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Non-profits, foundations, and universities are enthused by government’s growing interest in the use of evidence and evaluation. They are chiming in with either support for government initiatives or undertaking their own.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of July 15, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The federal government is not the sole player in the growing movement toward the use of evidence and evaluation in the policy decision-making process.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of July 08, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
OMB’s guidance to agencies on the development of their FY 2015 budgets promises that “OMB will issue a separate memo at a later date that encourages the increased use of evidence and evaluation, including rigorous testing of innovative strategies to...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Now that Instagram has been approved for government use, how should government use it?
by Dan Chenok
Monday, July 8, 2013
Professor Wyld argues that more aggressively managing the tail of government spending - smaller, non-core expenditures that tend to receive less attention - offers the possibility of substantial cost savings.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
A recent GAO report on the executive branch’s approach to new requirements in the Government Performance and Results Act recommends that “OMB improve the implementation of the act.”
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The Obama Administration has built on efforts from the Bush Administration to embed the use of evidence and evaluation in making funding decisions. There are now four different types of initiatives underway, or proposed, in a range of federal agencies.
by Dan Chenok
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
New reports will explore themes of innovation, crowdsourcing, financial management, and performance-based budgeting.