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.
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Fred Nathan of the nonpartisan nonprofit Think New Mexico describes the results-focused strategies it uses to achieve landmark good government laws.
How can we help disadvantaged youth avoid negative outcomes such as delinquency and dropout? A recent NBER working paper presents findings from three randomized control trials that help low-income young people slow down and consider whether their quick, automatic responses are useful for a given situation. The paper is co-authored by Sara Heller, Anuj Shah, Jonathan Guryan, Jens […]
Maya Shankar of the White House Social & Behavioral Sciences Team discuses how federal agencies are using behavioral insights to tackle important challenges.
Peter Schochet of Mathematica Policy Research on how to design performance measures to better measure impact, including using regression-adjusted measures.
How can public agencies strengthen a culture of data-driven decision making? We explore that question with Carter Hewgley, the Enterprise Analytics Division Director at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He has been leading data-driven initiatives at the local, state and federal levels for the past ten years. In 2011, he began leading FEMAStat, FEMA’s version […]
Joy Lesnick of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education provides an overview of the What Works Clearinghouse.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) invests significant resources ($237 million since 2009) in research and evaluation to improve the evidence base for policymaking and the efficiency and effectiveness of existing policies. In 2008, however, a National Academy of Sciences report called HUD’s research-agenda setting process too insular and too short-term focused. As a result, the Department set […]
Ronald Sanders, Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses exploratory research on how outstanding government executives make tough decisions.
Kenneth Thompson, Professor of Management at DePaul University, shares insights about applying the Balanced Scorecard to public sector agencies.
Seth Harris, the former Deputy Secretary of Labor, discusses DOL's successful strategy to strengthen a culture of results, data and learning.
Given the Federal Trade Commission's high ranking on employee engagement, Exec. Director David Robbins discusses how the agency works to foster engagement.
Janis Dubno of Voices for Utah Children provides lessons on using Pay for Success, aka Social Impact Bonds, to fund early childhood interventions.
Professor Nicole Stephens of Northwestern University discusses a brief difference-education intervention for first generation college students.
Dean Silverman, the former head of the IRS Office of Compliance Analytics, discusses how public agencies can use analytics to tackle key challenges.
Raj Chetty of Harvard University discusses why administrative data are useful & what policymakers can do to strengthen its use for policy-relevant research.
