OPM’s Challenge of Creating High Performance Cultures

Government Executive (Howard Risher)

To help federal agencies operate like modern high-performance organizations requires an understanding of their current barriers and an importance placed on the workforce’s value

States Turn to Predictive Tech

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Student test scores across the U.S. are lower than they have been in decades. Schools that leverage tools to benchmark and predict their performance can help teachers better address learning gaps, experts say.

Lessons in Building Evidence – Lessons from Federal Partnerships

AEA365 (American Evaluation Association)

Michael Hand, a portfolio led and behavioral scientist with the federal Office of Evaluation Sciences , shares three key lessons learned when building evidence with agency partners.

The Power of Performance Audits

American Society for Public Administration 

A four-person panel of city performance auditors ask tough questions: Are programs working? Are they fair? Who’s being helped … and who’s left out?

Reform in a Post-DOGE World

We the Doers

Former civil servants offer prescriptions for making government more effective, efficient, and trustworthy – starting with defining a meaningful bottom line — because current performance data doesn’t.

Resource of the Week:  The PULSAR Program

World Bank

The Public Sector Accounting and Reporting (PULSAR) program is a regional and country-level program targeting the Western Balkans, European Union Eastern Partnership countries, and Tajikistan to support the advancement of public sector accounting, financial, and sustainability reporting practices in line with international standards and good practice.