Analytics/Evaluation
Making Taxpayer Dollars Deliver
John Kamensky, Government Executive
The President’s 2017 budget proposes to take “evidence-based approaches to scale,” strengthen the base of evidence available to future policymakers, and increase the analytical capacity of agencies to use evidence and data.
How Allegheny County’s Data Warehouse is improving human services through integrated data
Andy Feldman, Gov Innovator Blog
Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, is recognized as a leader in using data to improve the results of its human services programs.

Innovation
Scaling Up Innovations With Government
Rahul Nayar, Asif Saleh, and Anna Minj, Stanford Social Innovation Review
How to overcome the barriers that large institutions like the government put in the way of scaling up innovations.

Open Government
When Everyone Is an Expert
Stephen Goldsmith, Stanford Social Innovation Review
In an era of instant feedback and crowdsourcing, the government misses out when it relies solely on authorized voices.