Accountability and Performance Update – Oct 21-27, 2024

Courtesy of the Center for Accountability & Performance, American Society for Public Administration.

Professionalizing the Role of Chief Data Officers

Chief Data Officer Magazine

In an interview about the new goals of the federal Chief Data Officers? Council, the council’s chair – Kirsten Dalboe – described the council’s five goals. Number Two focuses on professionalizing the role of CDOs.

Agency Performance Dashboard Upgraded to Support Presidential Transition Planning

Partnership for Public Service

The Partnership’s Center for Presidential Transition announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand its Agency Performance Dashboard, which features information about the operations, workforce and organizational health of 24 major federal agencies.

Federal Employee Satisfaction Linked to Higher Agency Performance

Federal News Network

Research from the Partnership for Public Service?finds agencies that received the highest internal customer experience scores also ranked high on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.?

Using Evidence to Drive Decisions and Achieve Results

Partnership for Public Service

One of the sub-competencies of the “achieving results” skill is evidence-based decision-making, which means?grounding choices in the best available information and data. By anchoring decisions in evidence, leaders can minimize uncertainty and employ solid reasoning as they work toward their goals.??

Conversations for Creating Enthusiasm for Measurement

Adura Strategy (Louise Watson)

“Join me in exploring four ways to invite leaders and teams into more engaging measurement conversations and, as we do, notice what you might change in your current KPI approach.”

Priority-Based Budgeting’s Growing Impact

Tyler Technologies (Chris Fabian)

Government leaders should use priority-based budgeting to make strategic decisions, not slash budgets. The first choice is not to cut lower-priority programs and eliminate staff. In order to accomplish a priority-based budget, all departments must see a way to win.

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Resource of the Week. CDC Program Evaluation Framework, 2024

Centers for Disease Prevention & Control

The program evaluation framework guides the design and implementation of high-quality evaluations by providing a structure that summarizes and organizes the essential elements of program evaluation. The framework can be applied at any level.