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Strengthening Performance Management Barrett & Greene Here’s a recap of Do’s and Don’ts in strengthening performance management systems, based on the last Urban Institute report by the late Harry Hatry. They a grouped into five categories!  11 Data Champions What … Continue reading →

AI Auditing AI – Toward Digital Accountability ASPA-CAP Webinar (Wed., Oct 22, 1 p.m. Eastern) As AI increasingly influences critical areas such as policing, hiring, health care, finance and cybersecurity, traditional oversight struggles to keep pace with the speed and … Continue reading →

NonProfits Have an RCT Problem Stanford Social Innovation Review (open access) Randomized controlled trials are touted as the benchmark for evaluating social programs. The social sector should focus instead on an improvement orientation to evaluating performance.

Implementing Performance Management Recommendations U.S. Government Accountability Office Agencies and OMB have implemented most recommendations GAO made related to the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010. However, the Office of Management and Budget has yet … Continue reading →

Measuring Strategy in Public Management International Public Management Journal Bert George and John Bryson write that “The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize and measure strategizing in public management as a set of interconnected activities. . . . we first … Continue reading →