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How can the US federal government bring new perspectives of evidence generation and evaluation to improve programs and policy? I’m Matt St. John, Program Evaluation Specialist with Guidehouse and Evidence Act advisor to the US Department of State (DOS), and I would like to share one initiative that I am working on with my colleagues …

Washington Evaluators Affiliate Week: Research Partnerships for Better Evidence-based Policy Making by Matt St. John Read More »

My name is Terell Lasane, and I am the Assistant Director, Center for Evaluation Methods and Issues (CEMI) in the Applied Research and Methods team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Language matters. And that’s particularly true when unpacking the Evidence Act. Early on in my evaluation career, I evaluated public programs for state, local, and federal entities. When I worked with these organizations, I always emphasized that fulfilling reporting requirements for accountability provided unique opportunities for program learning, and that these functions should be paired together whenever it was appropriate to do so. The actionable intelligence that could be garnered from evaluation activity is supported by the Evidence Act, and the legislation provides a valuable framework for marrying accountability with program learning and program improvement. Evaluation practitioners have long recognized the importance of this marriage for better government at all levels.