Gov Innovator Podcast
Summary: The Gov Innovator podcast, hosted by Dr. Andy Feldman, features concise ten-minute interviews with insightful public sector innovators and experts. Its goal is to share useful practices and insights with public leaders related to evidence-based policy, data-driven decision making, public sector innovation and the important role of leadership.
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: Andy Feldman
Podcasts:
Donald Moynihan of the UW-Madison discusses how public leaders and managers can try to avoid having performance measures create unintended consequences.
In January 2014, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced its juvenile justice Pay for Success (PFS) initiative aimed at reducing recidivism rates among youth. In doing so, it became one of the first jurisdictions in the U.S. to launch a PFS initiative, also called a Social Impact Bond. To learn more, we’re joined by one of the leading experts on Pay […]
An interview with Emily Schmitt of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services about the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project.
Brad Neese, Director of Apprenticeship Carolina, discusses South Carolina's successful efforts to expand registered apprenticeships in the state.
Greg Duncan discusses his book "Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education," coauthored with Richard Murnane.
Robert Wood of Mathematica Policy Research discusses the findings from this relationship skills education program for unmarried low-income parents.
This year marks 20 year since the launch of the New Hope Project, an anti-poverty initiative that was implemented in two inner-city areas in Milwaukee from 1994 to 1998. The guiding principle of this time-limited demonstration project was that anyone who works full time should not be poor. It offered low-income people who were willing […]
Demetra Nightingale, Chief Evaluation Officer at the U.S. Department of Labor, discuss the role that she and her office play.
C-Stat is a strategic management strategy run by the Colorado Department of Human Services under Executive Director Reggie Bicha, serving under Governor John Hickenlooper. To learn more, we're joined by Ki'i Powell who is the Performance Management Director at the Department.
Judy England-Joseph of the Partnership for Public Service discusses the new report, "Helping Government Deliver: Transforming Mission and Support Services."
Jon Baron of the Coalition for Evidence Based Policy discusses how program managers and agency leaders can gain rigorous, useful insights into program effectiveness at a modest cost, drawing on existing program data.