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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Aligning Strategies to Broader USG Policies by Natalie Donahue

2 Comments / Government Evaluation / February 16, 2021

Hi!  My name is Natalie Donahue and I am the Chief of Evaluation in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State.  ECA leads public diplomacy outreach efforts for the Department through a number of exchange programs designed to build friendly, peaceful relations between Americans and citizens of other …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week by Chris Voegeli and Krystal Tomlin

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / February 12, 2021

Hi everyone, we are Chris Voegeli and Krystal Tomlin and we are the chair and former chair of the Government Evaluation TIG. This week is sponsored by the Government Evaluation TIG, and we have some great posts for you this week. The topics include experiences evaluating during the time of COVID, scientific publications as indicators …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Website usability testing tips and resources by Elise Garvey

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / January 19, 2019

Hi, this is the final post for Government Evaluation TIG week! I am Elise Garvey and I’m a Senior Management Auditor with the King County Auditor’s Office in Seattle, Washington. So many services and important information provided by the agencies we evaluate have moved online.  As evaluators, we can help assess whether those online resources …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Evaluation Advisory Groups are the way to go, but planning is key by Chris Voegeli

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / January 23, 2019

Hi, I am Chris Voegeli, and I’m an evaluation fellow in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the last year, my Canadian Evaluation Society colleagues Gene Krupa, Barbara Szijarto, Margo Schmitt-Boshnick, and I reviewed the literature and used our personal experience to …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Making the most of GAO’s online resources by Brooke Leary

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / January 19, 2019

Hi! My name is Brooke Leary and I am an audit supervisor for the King County Auditor’s Office, in Washington State. We conduct independent performance evaluations of county programs and agencies. Prior to working for King County, I worked for the U.S. Government Accountability Office and find that I still look to their online resources …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Layering data placemat sessions by Elise Garvey

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / January 19, 2019

Hello, I’m Elise Garvey, a senior management auditor from the King County Auditor’s Office in Seattle, Washington. I have become a huge fan of using data placemat sessions for my projects ever since learning about them at Eval 2015 and learning more from Kylie Hutchinson’s tips and tricks. Data placemats are large sheets of paper …

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Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Lessons Learned in Government Evaluation by David Bernstein

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use, Government Evaluation / January 19, 2019

I am David Bernstein, owner of DJB Evaluation Consulting and Director of Evaluation with the General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church. Don’t let these non-governmental positions fool you. I have been involved in government evaluation for many years, and was the founding Chair of AEA’s Government Evaluation TIG. I have …

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WE Affiliate Week: Fostering the Intersection between Evaluation and Performance Management to Enhance Learning from Both by Cheryl Oros

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / August 19, 2018

Hello, you may know me, Cheryl Oros, best from Policy Watch columns in the AEA Newsletter, as I have been the consultant supporting the Evaluation Policy Task Force over the past six years. I also directed federal evaluation offices, served at the executive level over broad programmatic efforts and have taught many evaluation courses. Hot …

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EPTF Week: How Evaluators’ Responses to Federal Register Notices Can be Most Useful to the Government by Demetra Smith Nightingale

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / June 23, 2018

Hi, I’m Demetra Smith Nightingale currently at  the Urban Institute and previously at the US Department of Labor. I want to take the opportunity to briefly describe how responding to information government publishes in the Federal Register can be useful. There are many different types of notices posted for public comment in the Federal Register, …

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