Government Evaluation

We’re Sarah Brewer, Elise Garvey, Ted Kniker and Krystal Tomlin the current leadership of AEA’s Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG). To finish out Government Evaluation Week on AEA365, we decided to offer a glimpse into the future of Government Evaluation. Since 2015 was the 25th anniversary of the Government Evaluation TIG, we wanted to …

Gov’t Eval Week: Sarah Brewer, Elise Garvey, Ted Kniker and Krystal Tomlin on the Future of Government Evaluation Read More »

Hello Everyone! I’m Ted Kniker, Senior Vice President of Enlighteneering, and Chair of AEA’s Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG). During our 25th anniversary year, the TIG sponsored a lively reflection on What is “Government” Evaluation from a multi-cultural perspective? The term “government evaluation” can mean so many different things. Lessons Learned: For example does …

Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Ted Kniker on Defining Government Evaluations: Findings from Evaluation 2015 Read More »

My name is Lauren Supplee and I work in the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Administration for Children and Families. Recent media and academic attention to transparency, replication, trust in science and lack of replication of findings in medicine research and psychology raises issues for evaluation as seen in articles in Nature …

Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Lauren Supplee on Replication and Trust in Government Evaluation Read More »

My name is Diana Harbison and I’m the Director of the Program Monitoring and Evaluation Office at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, which links U.S. businesses to global infrastructure opportunities. According to a recent survey, USTDA has some of the most engaged employees in the United States government. There are countless articles – and …

Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Diana Harbison on Using Evaluation to Enhance Employee Engagement Read More »

We are Kathy Newcomer, Director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University and President-Elect of AEA, and Nick Hart, a PhD candidate at GWU and Board Member of Washington Evaluators. We both have extensive experience working with Federal agencies to implement evaluation and performance measurement initiatives, providing insights about lessons …

Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Nick Hart and Kathy Newcomer on Lessons Learned in Federal Evaluation and Performance Measurement over the Past 15 Years Read More »

I am Elise Garvey, Management Auditor with the King County Auditor’s Office in Seattle, Washington and I serve as the co-chair of the Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TIG). In 2015, the Government Evaluation TIG is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and there is nothing like an anniversary to motivate a time of reflection and inspire …

Gov’t Eval TIG Week: Elise Garvey on Government Evaluation TIG Week Read More »

We are David J. Bernstein, a Senior Study Director with Westat, founding chair of the AEA Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and President-elect of Washington Evaluators, the DC area affiliate of AEA, and Kathy Newcomer, Director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University, a former AEA Board Member, and …

WE Week: David J. Bernstein and Kathy Newcomer on Issues and Solutions in Government Evaluation Contracting Read More »