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Measuring the Value of Official Statistics: Testing and Developing a Measurement Framework United Nations Economic Commission for Europe The report proposes moving away from an indicator-led approach. Instead, it argues that we should be working out what it is that … Continue reading →

Measurement and Complexity: Why, How, and For Whom Do We Measure? United Nations Development Programme’s Innovation Unit UNDP has set up a monitoring and evaluation sandbox to nurture and learn from new ways of doing monitoring and evaluation that are coherent … Continue reading →

HUD’s 21 Categories of Risk Federal News Network (interview with Elliott Johnson, Jr.) The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Chief Risk Officer has created a Front-End Risk Assessment tool that has 21 different categories from compliance to systems to reputational and … Continue reading →

Denver’s Participatory Budgeting Initiative RouteFifty After months of offering ideas and refining proposals, Denver residents now have a direct say in how the city will spend $2 million in infrastructure funds. . . Earlier this week, voting opened for Denver’s first … Continue reading →

The Five A’s of Agile Government Performance Federalism.us Agile governments don’t just ask, analyze, answer, apply, and adjust within individual organizational units. They also continually communicate insights to target audiences, especially those working in the field and implementation partners eager … Continue reading →