Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Program Evaluation and Methodology DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Improving Program Evaluation in the Executive Branch
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Program Evaluation and Methodology DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Personnel Program Evaluation in the Executive Branch of the Government
Author: Bernard David RifkindPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Evaluation in the Federal Government: Changes, Trends, and Opportunities
Author: Christopher G. WyePublisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A significant report on a critical topic, this classic volume of the New Directions for Evaluation series is now in print and available again. This issue, which includes government documents pertaining to evaluation as well as contributions from federal evaluators and administrators, outlines the duties, responsibilities, and methodological approaches of the various government offices with evaluative functions, and details some of the strategies used by these agencies to cope with the twin pressures of reduced funding and greater calls to demonstrate the effectiveness of government programs—pressures first felt in the 1980s and which continue to the present day. The contributors discuss federal evaluation agencies in three broad categories: executive branch social agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where the cutbacks were the most severe; the three so-called central executive branch agencies—the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, and the General Services Administration—where cutbacks were less severe but still significant, and where attitudes towards evaluation varied over time; and the evaluative agencies of the legislative branch—the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the Office of Technology Assessment—where evaluation remained fairly robust and well-funded. This is the 55th volume of the quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation.
Program Evaluation and the Management of Government
Author: Eliot FreidsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000678784
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This book appears at an opportune time in the history of evaluation. Its detailed and up-to-date account of the organization and use of evaluation in eight Western, democratic countries—Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark, Holland, Norway, and Switzerland—shows how evaluation functions at different levels of development. Focusing on the national or federal level of government, this volume presents a systematic and comparative view of eight nations at different stages of the development, institutionalization, and utilization of evaluations. All of these original contributions have been written by academics and government officials involved in the production and use of evaluation findings. Each shows how their respective country has moved to institutionalize evaluation at the federal level, and each explores the reasons for that institutionalization. Among them are managerial accountability, the increased complexity of the decisions facing policymakers, federally sponsored social change that needs to be tracked and assessed, and the increasing recognition that political power comes to those who possess such information. Program Evaluation and the Management of Government is tightly integrated. The contributions share coherence, a common analytic framework and use of key terms, resulting from the authors’ three-year dialogue as members of the Working Group on Policy and Program Evaluation sponsored by the International Institute for Administrative Sciences located in Belgium. Their shared commitment to working together has given us the first systematic effort to assess evaluation across such a large number of countries. It will be of interest to applied social scientists and policymakers, especially those interested in comparative research.
Program Evaluation Issues
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Management Improvement and the Use of Evaluation in the Executive Branch
Author: Status & Issues
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Program Evaluation
Author: Improving Government Performance
Author: Joseph S. WholeyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470631120
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
An evaluation framework for more effective government Improving Government Performance takes as project management approach to government program evaluation, offering clear strategies with real-world practicability. Expert discussion details crucial guidance on planning, implementation and analysis, providing a robust framework for quick, efficient, cost-effective evaluations. Systematic evaluation of reveals weaknesses before they break, allowing timely revision and readjustment that can improve productivity, streamline operations, and promote high-quality management; this book provides essential guidance for through, effective review and analysis of any government program or agency.
Evaluating Federal Social Programs
Author: Sar A. LevitanPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Monograph on the evaluation of social policy programmes in the USA - discusses the application of evaluation techniques and the use of evaluation within the institutional framework (legislative and executive branches), with particular reference to the hew department and the labour administration. References.