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How Our Increasing Digital Connectedness Improves Government Program Evaluation

How Our Increasing Digital Connectedness Improves Government Program Evaluation

Dennis D. McDonald
Accountability, Big Data, List05, Metrics, Performance, Statistics, Transparency, eGovernment
There will always be a need to conduct formal evaluations of how well government programs perform. Such evaluations must take into account the complexity of programs and the need to distinguish among short term and long term impacts and the intervening conditions that also impact program effectiveness.
Learning from the World Bank’s “Big Data” Exploration Weekend

Learning from the World Bank’s “Big Data” Exploration Weekend

Dennis D. McDonald
Best Practices, Big Data, Collaboration, Data, Data Access, List05, Statistics, Transparency
If you’re serious about data analysis there’s probably no substitute for getting “down and dirty” with real, live, messy data. Sometimes you just have to sift through the numbers with your “bare hands” if you really want to extract meaning from descriptive statistics, predictive models, and fancy visualizations.
Developing Digital Strategies for Web-based Public Access to Government Performance Data

Developing Digital Strategies for Web-based Public Access to Government Performance Data

Dennis D. McDonald
Accessibility, Data Access, Governance, List05, Performance, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Transparency, eGovernment
On January 29, 2013 I was privileged to attend a meeting of the Government Performance Coalition at George Washington University in Washington DC. During that meeting Shelley Metzenbaum, OMB Associate Director for Performance and Personnel, discussed the “performance improvement” pages of the Performance.gov website.