Nick Hart

How agencies are actually using data and data science to evaluate programs

Program evaluation dates almost as far back as government programs. But the art and science of program evaluation is always changing.

Management

CDO Council gets tips on how to recruit talent, share data across agencies

Big Data

Federal Data Strategy 2021 action plan sets cross-agency goals on AI, upskilling workforce

Big Data

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OMB memo elevates evidence-building as ‘need-to-have,’ evaluation experts say

Agency Oversight

Data Driving the Future

FEDtalk

Data Driving the Future

FEDtalk

When big data gets too big

Big Data

Emerging tech offices come together on long-term plan to combat coronavirus

Artificial Intelligence

Next 10 years of federal data decision-making outlined in WH strategy

Big Data

New Federal Data Strategy draws from evidence-based policymaking act

Federal Drive

Chief Statistician Nancy Potok, driving force behind data transformation, to retire by year’s end

People

OMB’s data reskilling pilot to train executives as well as front-line employees

The Office of Management and Budget will soon launch a reskilling pilot aimed at bringing the federal workforce up to speed on data science skills.

Hiring/Retention

Where does the Federal Data Strategy go from here? Evidence panel members revisit ideas

Former Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking members say it’s time for Congress to reconsider recommendations that never got off the ground.

Big Data

Exclusive

OMB’s new strategy gives agencies operational, tactical guide to increasing the value of federal data

Big Data

Federal CIO Suzette Kent said in an exclusive interview that new federal data strategy helps build a mature, healthy and secure data sharing foundation.