Combatting Fraud Using a Risk Assessment Framework

U.S. Government Accountability Office

In 2023, GAO surveyed 24 federal agencies against its Fraud Risk Framework and found a third didn’t have regular monitoring or evaluation activities, and half didn’t regularly make changes based on evaluation results. This technical appendix to GAO’s framework is designed to help managers evaluate and adapt their antifraud efforts.

Five Pillars of Effective Government

IBM Center for The Business of Government

This report synthesizes research and offers a framework for action in five areas where meaningful progress can have the greatest impact:

1. Multi-sector partnerships
2. Financial and operational effectiveness
3. Technology-enabled service and efficiency
4. Data-driven decision-making
5. A strong and modern government workforce

New Bill Introduced: Evidence-Based Grant Making Act

Results for America

Members of the bipartisan congressional “What Works” Caucus introduced the Evidence-Based Grantmaking Act, one of the strongest pieces of evidence-based policymaking legislation since the 2018 Evidence Act.

 Developing Comparable Measures of Organizational Performance

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (open access)

In this article, George Krause and David Lewis introduce a new approach to measuring organizational performance, something conceptually distinct from, but correlated with, both organizational inputs and outcomes. This measurement approach focuses on how well the internal machinery of agencies is functioning. 

Resource of the Week:  Impact Genome Registry

The Impact Genome Registry, developed by Jason Saul, makes it possible for any social program in the world to register and report its results for free. The Registry uses universal Impact Standards for outcomes, program design, beneficiaries, context, and evidence quality to make impact reporting simple and intuitive. This enables more reliable data, benchmarking, independent verification, and reduced administrative burden for reporting entities.