On October 27, Results for America and the New Practice Lab at New America co-hosted the event “Building an Evidence-Driven Federal Government.” The roundtable brought together approximately 50 federal evidence leaders and experts to discuss opportunities to strengthen evidence-based policymaking in both the near-term and the longer term.
The roundtable had two central goals. The first was to discuss concrete ideas for strengthening evidence processes today and to identify the larger efforts needed going forward. The second was to improve coordination and connection across the evidence community by sharing highlights from ongoing efforts to support evidence-based policymaking in the federal government.
The conversation centered around a series of recommendations, focusing on six priority topics:
- Building agency evaluation capacity
- Securing authority and funding for evidence building efforts
- Connecting evidence to grants and procurement
- Prioritizing evidence activities
- Sharing learnings and building trust
- Building a stronger culture of evidence use
Photo Credit: Adam Peck, Results for America
Left to right: Kelly Bidwell, New America; Nichole Dunn, Results for America