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Analytics/Evaluation Making Taxpayer Dollars Deliver John Kamensky, Government Executive The President’s 2017 budget proposes to take “evidence-based approaches to scale,” strengthen the base of evidence available to future policymakers, and increase the analytical capacity of agencies to use evidence and … Continue reading →

Budget 11 Major Agency Reforms in Obama’s Budget Eric Katz, Government Executive President Obama’s budget proposal includes a number of significant proposals to revamp agency structures and programs. Performance Management Rethinking Federal Grants Management: From Oversight to Insight Shelley Metzenbaum, … Continue reading →

Performance Management Performance-based budgeting gets a kick in the pants for 2017 budget Jason Miller, Federal News Radio Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) authored a provision instructing OMB to ensure budget plans are linked more directly to performance measures as required … Continue reading →

Performance Management The performance measures that managers hate Steve Kelman, Federal Computer Week For metric-based management, Steve Kelman argues, it’s important that the measures not be specified from on high. OMB, Agencies Need to Read the Fine Print in 2016 … Continue reading →

Performance Management How to take control of federal performance management Liam Ackland, Federal Computer Week Six steps human capital officers can take to improve performance at agencies. The Importance of Logic Models and Theories of Change Social Solutions Logic models … Continue reading →