OPM Announces New Job Series

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

The 2016 Program Management Improvement Accountability Act required OPM to develop a new job series for program and project management, and to identify the key skills and competencies needed for program and project managers in federal agencies. Seven years later, OPM has now issued such guidance to agencies.

Australian Government Creates a Centre for Evaluation to Measure What Works

Australian Treasury

Building a better feedback loop within government is in the interests of all Australians, and shows our commitment to real outcomes, evidence-based policy, and a culture of continuous improvement. The government is budgeting $10 million over 4 years to implement this initiative, with a staff of 14. Here’s a more in depth story of how the Centre will work.

Strengthening Randomized Evaluations with Qualitative Research, Part 1

JPAL-North America

Randomized evaluations allow researchers to measure the impact of programs and policies on a range of outcomes. But what mechanisms are driving the effects of these programs and policies? In recent years, many researchers within the traditionally quantitative field of economics have also incorporated qualitative methods into their studies and built teams with qualitative expertise to strengthen their research.

Resource of the Week:  30^th Anniversary of GPRA

C-SPAN (11 minutes)

The Government Performance and Results Act was signed August 4, 1993. Here’s a short video of the White House bill signing ceremony.