Updated American Rescue Plan Data and Evidence Dashboard

Results for America

A Mathematica and Results for America analysis of state and local governments’ American Rescue Plan spending identifies 110 notable projects that demonstrate how state and local leaders are using federal funds to deliver better results for residents. The dashboard is based on financial expenditures reported through December 2022.

America’s Biggest Cities Have Seen a Crime Surge, but Not Dallas

Washington Post

An Op-Ed by Karen Tumulty highlights the data-driven crime-reduction efforts by Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, “who obsesses about data, says he is confident that the trend is real and that it is holding. “I’m either the luckiest mayor in the United States,’ he said, ‘or this stuff actually works.’”

Strengthening Randomized Evaluations with Qualitative Research

J-PAL North America

This four-part series on qualitative research examines different case studies and lessons learned about the value of embedding qualitative research methods into randomized evaluations. This link is to Part 3 – the other parts can be accessed at the end of the blog.

How Baltimore Used its ARP Monies to Make a Difference

Twitter Thread by Adam Willis

Willis synopsizes a series of stories in the Baltimore Banner that examined how Mayor Brandon Scott is using its $641 million in State-Local Fiscal Recovery Funding to cut gun violence by one-third, created a universal basic income fund, a Clean Corps, bought a hotel to house the homeless, is closing the City’s digital divide, and more.

Webinar: Building a Culture of Performance in City Government (Friday, June 23, 11 a.m. Eastern)

Pew Charitable Trusts/Committee of Seventy

What does it take to create a sustainable data-driven culture throughout city government? How do leaders at various levels of local government conceive, develop, and sustain an organizational culture centered on performance? Features a panel with leaders from Kansas City, Boston, and Denver.

Resource of the Week:  Performance.gov “Resources” Page

U.S. Office of Management and Budget

This landing page is a one-stop for 13 different sets of resources such as best practices for agency priority goals, performance measurement basics, logic modelling, and a performance principles and practices “playbook.”