The promise of evidence-based policymaking : report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences--United States--Decision making.

Policy sciences.

Public administration--United States--Decision making.

Public administration.

Policy sciences--Decision making.

Public administration--Decision making.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 129 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, 2017.

Summary:

Generating and using evidence to inform government policymaking and program administration is not a partisan issue. The strategy described in this report offers a non-partisan approach to improving how government staff, private researchers, foundations, non-profts, the business community, and the public interact to make sure government delivers on its promises. The Commission's recommendations represent a comprehensive strategy for tackling the greatest problems facing evidence building today--data access is limited, privacy-protecting practices are inadequate, and the capacity to generate the evidence needed to support policy decisions is insuffcient. The Congress, the President, and the American people are ill-served by this state of affairs. Whether deciding on funding allocations, assessing proposed regulations, or understanding how to improve processes for efficiently providing services, evidence should play an important role in key decisions made by government officials. The Commission proposes modernizing the country's evidence-building capacity to make sure our government's decision-making process is among the best in the world, now and in the future.

Contents:

Final report

Appendices E-H

Biographies for members of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Answers to questions about the purpose and activities of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

Executive summary: the promise of evidence-based policymaking.

Commission on evidence-based prolicymaking recommendations.

Chapter 1. Introduction: vision for evidence-based policymaking.

Chapter 2. Secure, restricted access to confidential data.

Chapter 3. Enhancing privacy protections for federal evidence building.

Chapter 4. Modernizing America's data infrastructure for accountability and privacy.

Chapter 5. Strengthening the evidence-building capacity within the federal government.

Chapter 6. Conclusion: possibilities with more and better evidence.

Acronyms.

Appendices.

Notes:

Online resource; title from title screen (CEP, viewed on Jan. 5, 2019).

"September 2017."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

1003291356