The 2021 Invest in What Works Federal Standard of Excellence assesses how nine federal agencies – which oversaw more than $286 billion in federal funds this year – are building the infrastructure necessary to use evidence and data in their budget, policy, and management decisions.
The Invest in What Works Federal Standard of Excellence (Federal Standard of Excellence) is an annual snapshot of how federal agencies are building and using evidence and data to get better results for young people, their families, and communities. The 2021 Federal Standard of Excellence highlights the significant progress these nine federal agencies have made to operate effectively and efficiently, including their early efforts to implement the new requirements in the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act), which took effect in early 2019.