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Best Anchor Stocks15. Returns, Reinvestment, & Valuation w/ Andy FeldmanIn this week's episode I discussed the three most important variables in investing (reinvestment rate, returns, and valuation) with my good friend Andy Feldman.We discuss these topics and the topic of selling and cover a good number of companies like CME, Nasdaq, Judges Scientific, Constellation Software, MSCI, Intuit...Feel free to leave a like or a review if you like it.Best Anchor Stocks: https://www.bestanchorstocks.com/Andy's newsletter: https://bizalmanac.substack.com/Listen to the Chit Chat Stocks Podcast for discussions on stocks, financial markets, super...
2025-02-1253 min
THE FLIP SIDE with Andy MaiTFS#169 - David Feldman, President Of BKFC, The Fast Growing Combat Sports In The World!David Feldman is the dynamic founder and CEO of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), leading the revival of bare-knuckle boxing for modern audiences.
With a passion for combat sports and a commitment to athlete safety, Feldman has transformed BKFC into a thriving organization.
His innovative approach and hands-on involvement have positioned BKFC as a major player in the industry, while his vision continues to shape the future of bare-knuckle fighting.
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2024-02-1346 min
Fight Court158. Kelsey Grammer's Thong Song (w/ Andy Feldman) pt. 2Part two of Andy Feldman’s wonderful episode is one long fight. We hope you’re all big fans of the MTV Movie and Television Awards, because they and their ilk feature heavily here.
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2023-05-191h 40Fight Court157. The Incredible Mr. Limp Bizkit (w/ Andy Feldman) pt. 1Yes, you’re seeing that right! Andy Feldman was on and the episode… ran… long? No one’s more shocked than us. In this half: Jordan riffs on Andy’s podcast Witness if You Will, and they begin to wonder which melee weapon is the very best.
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2023-05-121h 14
The Entrepreneur Spotlight Show with Andy JacobRon Feldman, President, World Business Services, A DotCom Magazine InterviewAbout Ron Feldman and World Business Services:
Ron Feldman, founder and President of World Business Services, Inc. has been recognized by Who’s Who In Lodging and Who’s Who In California. He has taught Business Services Marketing at two Universities.
Founder (not Flounder) Of World Business Services, Inc.(1994).Providing One-Of-A-Kind b2b General Ledger Cost Reduction Programs. Endorsed By The Largest Retail Technology Buying Consortium In The United States (don't vomit). Prior Vocational Incarnations Include Taking Hospitality Industry Marketing Company From The Cradle To The Grave. Accomplished Technologist Involved In Internet Adventures Since 1984. Fluent In E...
2022-09-1031 min
Gov Innovator PodcastUsing mindfulness practices for greater self-awareness and self-improvement: Rabbi Marc Margolius, Senior Program Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality – Episode #201When we think about what skills leaders need to be successful — such as making good decisions, regulating their emotions and stress, and forming strong and healthy relationships with others — an important foundation for those skills is mindfulness. Our guest today has deep expertise in helping people cultivate self-awareness and mindfulness in order to (to paraphrase his own words) help them become the person they’re meant to be in the world, hopefully growing towards that day by day. Rabbi Marc Margolius is the Senior Program Director at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. He hosts IJS’s daily mindfulness meditation sessions...
2022-04-2812 minGov Innovator PodcastLaunching LegisSTAT in New Mexico: Part 1 interview with Charles Sallee, Deputy Director, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico – Episode #189Last month, New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) did something that that possibly no other legislative committee in the U.S. has done to date: It launched a “PerformanceStat” initiative. As listeners to this podcast will know, the PerformanceStat process was pioneered in New York City for policing and then expanded to other government settings, as with Baltimore’s CitiStat and Maryland’s StateStat. The approach involves ongoing, data-driven performance reviews between leadership and departments or divisions.
New Mexico’s LFC adapted PerformanceStat to a legislative setting, dubbing it “LegisSTAT.” To learn more, we’re joined by Charles Sallee...
2021-09-1409 min
Fight Court104. Herald of Chumbawambaby (w/ Andy Feldman)We’re back and Andy Feldman is too! We run through a truly wild gamut of characters and character customizations in this one. And of course we had to talk 90s alt rock because Andy’s here!
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2021-09-031h 52
Wilderness Therapy & Residential Treatment Center JourneySeason 3/Episode 9: Joe Feldman on Medical Necessity LettersIn this impactful episode, we once again connect with Joe Feldman.He and some other brilliant colleagues wrote a paper published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice that provides research about the value of medical necessity letters. You can download the article at the following link - Journal of Psychiatric Practice. You can also email me at andy@parentsjourney.net and I will gladly email it to you.Joe can be reached at joe.insurance.parity@gmail.com.Enjoy!
2021-08-3140 minGov Innovator PodcastLeading successful change initiatives: An interview with John Kotter, professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School and founder of Kotter International – Episode #188John Kotter (@JohnPKotter) is one of the most respected thinkers on the topics of leadership and change. He is professor emeritus at the Harvard Business School, a widely-read author, and the founder of Kotter International, a management consulting firm.
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2021-06-0208 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluations: An interview with Rakesh Mohan, Director – Episode #187Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) was created in 1994 and is a nonpartisan, independent office that serves the Idaho legislature by conducting evaluations of state agencies and programs, as well as studies of key policy issues. With its staff of seven evaluators, plus its director, OPE’s mission is to promote confidence and accountability in state government.
To learn more, we’re joined by Rakesh Mohan (@RakeshMohanEval). He’s been the director of the office since 2002. OPE was the recipient of the American Evaluation Association’s Outstanding Evaluation Award and Rakesh himself was the recipient of the Outsta...
2021-05-0911 minGov Innovator PodcastFive questions public agencies should ask to put their logic models to work: An interview with Cynthia Phillips, former Acting Chief Evaluation Officer, National Science Foundation – Episode #186A logic model is a detailed visual representation of an organization or program that expresses the organization’s theory of change. It’s useful for getting a clear and shared understanding of how an office, division, program or initiative works. But what important questions should an organization ask once its created a logic model? To find out, we’re joined by Dr. Cynthia Phillips, who recently retired from the National Science Foundation where she served as the acting chief evaluation officer. She’s also the author of several publications on logic models, including co-authoring the book The Logic Model Guideboo...
2021-05-0408 minGov Innovator PodcastThree cognitive biases that can influence decision makers’ use of evidence about what works: An interview with Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago – Episode #185What leads decision makers to decide to implement or scale up a program? Research evidence may be one factor, but, as we know, lots of other factors can play in as well. Three of those factors are what are called cognitive biases, including:
confirmation bias
status quo bias
bandwagon bias
Understanding those biases — which have been well-researched in the past, but are newly being applied to the context of evidence use by decision makers — can help public leaders make better decisions. To learn more, we’re joined by Dr. Ariel Kalil (@ariel_kalil). She’s a developmental psycholo...
2021-04-1509 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from Tennessee’s Office of Evidence and Impact: An interview with Christin Lotz, Director – Episode #184Tennessee’s Office of Evidence and Impact was created in 2019 by Governor Bill Lee. The office works with the Governor’s office and with Tennessee’s executive agencies to use data and evidence to help decision makers invest in programs that work for Tennesseans. To learn more about the office’s work and what lessons it provides for other states, we’re joined by its director, Christin Lotz (@ChristinLotz). She’s served in state government for more than 15 years and also serves on the recently-created Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building launched by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
2021-03-2510 minGov Innovator PodcastBoosting student achievement with high-dosage tutoring: An interview with Carly Robinson and Matthew Kraft, Brown University – Episode #183A new policy brief examines the research evidence behind tutoring and what design principles for tutoring have shown to be important for boosting K-12 student achievement. The report is titled Accelerating Student Learning with High-Dosage Tutoring. It’s coauthored by Dr. Carly Robinson, Dr. Matthew Kraft and Dr. Susanna Loeb of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, as well as Dr. Beth Schueler of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia.
To learn more, we’re joined by two of the brief’s authors. Carly Robinson (@Carly__Robinson) is a postdoctoral research associ...
2021-03-1710 minGov Innovator PodcastLaunching a behavioral insights community of practice within a public agency: An interview with Melissa Leal, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – Episode #182Governments at all levels are increasingly using research findings from behavioral economics and other behavioral sciences to improve program and agency outcomes. These interventions and program changes draw on how people process information and make decisions and can often be implemented quickly and at little cost.
One way to help support the use of behavioral insights within an agency is to create a community of practice. To learn more, we are joined by Melissa Leal, a change management specialist at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). In 2019 she led the formation of a community...
2021-02-2409 minGov Innovator PodcastHow to communicate so that busy people respond and take action: An interview with Todd Rogers, behavioral scientist and professor, Harvard Kennedy School – Episode #181What evidence-based strategies can you use to more effectively craft communications with practical purposes, so that busy people respond and take needed action? We get insights from Dr. Todd Rogers (@Todd_Rogers_), a behavioral scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His work applies behavioral science insights and methods to understand important social challenges and to develop interventions to mitigate them.
Among the topics he’s explored is how to improve written communications with practical purposes. His recent op-ed in the Boston Globe, co-authored with Jessica Lasky-Fink, is called “Write shorter messages.” As a prev...
2021-02-0309 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the California Policy Lab is helping state and local agencies tackle homelessness, poverty and other key policy challenges: An interview with Janey Rountree and Evan White, Executive Directors – Episode #180The California Policy Lab (@CAPolicyLab) was launched in January 2017 with a mission to create partnerships between researchers at two of California’s leading universities — UCLA and UC Berkeley — and California’s state and local government agencies. The goal: to generate scientific evidence that solves California’s most urgent problems, including the issues of homelessness, poverty, crime, and education inequality.
To learn more, we’re joined by Janey Rountree, the Executive Director of the California Policy Lab at UCLA, and Evan White (@EvanBWhite) the Executive Director of the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley. They work in close collaboration...
2021-01-2515 minGov Innovator PodcastLessons from HUD about building evidence on important social policy issues: An interview with Calvin Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation and Monitoring at HUD – Episode #179How can public agencies build credible evidence about what works to help move the needle on important social policy challenges? It’s often a multi-step, iterative process. A good example is the efforts across the past two administrations by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – in particular, their efforts to help support public housing residents to access higher education.
This example has a specific policy focus — higher education access – but the steps that HUD has taken to build evidence provides lessons for any public agency, whether federal, state or local, that is working to tackl...
2021-01-1510 minGov Innovator PodcastHow federal agencies can use IPAs to bolster evidence capacity and help implement the Evidence Act: An interview with Dayanand Manoli, Professor, Georgetown University – Episode #178The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) was enacted in early 2019 and has led a wide range of federal agencies to take new steps in building and using evidence, including developing learning agendas. The Act, however, didn’t come with new funding, so resources are likely a constraint in many agencies in doing this type of work. It’s one reason why the topic of researcher-practitioner partnerships — including using Intergovernmental Personnel Act agreements (aka IPAs) — is an especially timely one. It’s also a valuable topic for agencies not covered by the Evidence Act that want to better use eviden...
2021-01-0809 minGov Innovator PodcastThe role of North Carolina’s Office of Strategic Partnerships: An interview with Jenni Owen, Director of Strategic Partnerships, North Carolina – Episode #177North Carolina’s Office of Strategic Partnerships was launched at the end of 2018 under Governor Roy Cooper with a mission to enhance partnerships between state government and North Carolina’s research and philanthropic sectors. As its website notes, “This includes elevating the State’s internal capacity to use and generate evidence in its policy and programmatic functions.” The office is situated within the state’s Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM), within the Governor’s Office. OSBM’s priorities include data-driven and evidence-based decision making.
To learn more, we are joined by the office’s founding director, Jenni Ow...
2021-01-0510 minGov Innovator PodcastColorado’s performance management strategy under Gov. Hickenlooper: An interview with David Padrino, former Chief Performance Officer, Colorado – Episode #176The State of Colorado under the previous Governor, John Hickenlooper, had a multifaceted performance-improvement strategy that included performance management, operational improvements and talent development, among other elements. That work continues today under current Governor Jared Polis. We look back at the previous administration to draw lessons for other states. We’re joined by David Padrino. He served under Governor Hickenlooper as Colorado’s first Chief Performance Officer and as the former Chief of Staff to then-Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne. Today he is the Chief Recovery Officer at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Web extras: Mr. Padrino discusse...
2020-12-2211 minGov Innovator PodcastKing County, Washington’s Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan: An interview with Arun Sambataro, King County – Episode #175In King County, Washington, under Executive Dow Constantine and the County Council, equity and social justice has been an important focus of the county’s work. That includes the launch in 2015 of an Office of Equity and Social Justice and the creation of its strategic plan, designed to help the county become a place where race and place are eliminated as predictors of prosperity and quality of life for the residents.
To learn more, we are joined by Arun Sambataro, the Senior Equity and Social Justice Policy Advisor within the Office of Equity and Social Justice.
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2020-12-1609 minGov Innovator PodcastInvesting in what works at the federal level: An interview with Jed Herrmann, Vice President for State and Federal Policy Implementation, Results for America – Episode #174The nonprofit Results for America has been an important advocate of — and catalyst for — evidence-based policy and decision making over the last decade. It recently released two new resources: The 2020 Invest in What Works Federal Standard of Excellence (click to see the federal standard and the press release), as well as a similar What Works Standard of Excellence for states (click to see the state standard and the press release). Each report examines best practices in results-focused government and then highlights and tracks the progress of leading federal agencies and states against those practices.
To learn more abou...
2020-12-0911 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from nearly a decade of CountyStat: An interview with Dave Gottesman, CountyStat Manager, Montgomery County, Maryland – Episode #173Montgomery County, located just north of Washington D.C. is a leader in the use of performance management, including through its CountyStat initiative, drawing on the model of other PerformanceStat efforts. Its reputation for results-focused government continues today under County Executive Marc Elrich, who has been in that role since 2018.
To learn more about the county’s journey with data-driven decision making and what lessons we can draw for other jurisdictions, we’re joined by Dave Gottesman. He’s been the CountyStat manager since 2012. He also co-leads the Mid-Atlantic Stat Network, a group of PerformanceStat staff from the re...
2020-11-2509 minGov Innovator PodcastUnlocking the power of big data to catalyze evidence-based policy: An interview with Amy O’Hara, Georgetown University – Episode #172Administrative data – in other words, big data produced by public agencies and programs – is a valuable tool for program evaluation, research and analysis that can help improve government performance and tackle our nation’s pressing challenges. How can we enable more qualified researchers and government program managers to security and more easily access those data? We get insights from Dr. Amy O’Hara (@amy__ohara), a national expert on improving secure, responsible data access for research and evaluation.
Dr. O’Hara is a Research Professor in the Massive Data Institute and Executive Director of the Federal Statistical Research Da...
2020-11-1811 min
Fight CourtEpisode Seventy-Five: 1.7 Lil Sebastians (w/ Andy Feldman)We simply can’t seem to stop taking up too much of Andy Feldman’s time. He joins us to talk about various musical groups and their powers and abilities. Oh and also if Mr. Fantastic was put in a very awkward position and had to fight off a horde of ants.See Andy online! Improv All Stars | Insta (this is where the air-drumming is) | TwitterBlack Lives Matter Resource ListAll Fights Considered!
2020-10-161h 16Gov Innovator PodcastCreating a culture of experimentation within organizations: An interview with Stefan Thomke, Harvard Business School – Episode #171What insights can public leaders gain from leading companies about building a culture of experimentation? To find out, we’re joined by Stefan Thomke, the author of the new book Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments. Dr. Thomke is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and has published widely on the topic of the management of innovation.
As background to our interview, a growing number government agencies and jurisdictions are taking an experimental approach to driving better results. For example, in making operational improvements to programs, they’re choosing an a...
2020-07-0309 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing behavioral insights to help recruit diverse police candidates: An interview with Elizabeth Linos, University of California, Berkeley – Episode #170Attracting a police force from diverse backgrounds is one important step in ensuring that citizens are well served by their police departments and have trust in the police. But what steps can police departments take that are effective in achieving that goal?
The Behavioral Insights Team, in conjunction with the What Works Cities Initiative, set out to work with more than 20 police departments to build credible evidence on that topic, including running randomized trials to test out different recruiting messages and other steps. The results are described is the report Behavioral Insights for Building the Police Force...
2020-06-0813 min
Nerd Wars - Pop Culture DebateCorey Feldman Should Stop Speaking for Corey Haim in Truth Of 2 Coreys - Change My Mind Nerd Edition #8Corey Feldman Named Alleged Abusers in his Long-Awaited Film In ‘(My) Truth of 2 Coreys,’ the actor reveals the men he says abused him and Corey Haim when they were child actors in the 1980s.
Corey Feldman held a screening and charged folks $20 bucks to watch it online all at the same time... but things went haywire, according to his tech team, blaming "hackers". And Corey Haim's family as been vocal about others speaking on behalf his son who has passed away While I support Corey Feldman sharing what wants to about his past, I'm less okay with him d...
2020-03-161h 22
Perennials PodcastEpisode 18: Music & Creativity with Andy FeldmanAndy Feldman is a mechanical engineer and musician from New Jersey. He is the keyboardist for the Asbury Park-based jam band, Secret Sound, and regularly performs throughout New Jersey and New York. Andy also writes instrumental piano music and recently released his second EP, "Rest and Be Thankful," through Sonder House Records.
In today's episode, Andy and I talk about his love for music, the relationship between talent and discipline, the writing process, what it's like to share art with the world, and how Andy balances his full-time engineering job with his job as a musician.
2019-04-051h 04Gov Innovator PodcastHow the Small Business Administration became a leader in evidence-based decision making: An interview with Jason Bossie, Director, Office of Performance Management, SBA – Episode #169Over the last two years, the Small Business Administration has made laudable progress in building and using evidence in order to learn what works and help programs improve. That includes launching an evaluation office and a chief data officer role within the CFO’s office, as well as creating a learning agenda to identify priority research questions from its bureaus.
To learn more, we are joined by Jason Bossie, who serves as the Director of SBA’s Office of Performance Management, serving under CFO Tim Gribben.
Web extra: Jason discusses the SBA’s acquisition vehicle for pr...
2019-04-0209 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Oregon’s auto-enrollment IRA program, OregonSaves, helps state residents save for retirement: An interview with Lisa Massena, Executive Director, OregonSaves – Episode #168It has been estimated that more than half of Americans are saving too little to support an adequate lifestyle if they plan to retire at age 65. It was economist and recent Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler who suggested a fix: Make payroll retirement savings plans available to everyone and then by add design features to make it easier for workers to make good choices.
The State of Oregon was the first out of the gate to do that. In 2017, it launched OregonSaves, a savings plan that covers private sector workers who do not otherwise have access to...
2018-03-3007 minGov Innovator PodcastTwo promising strategies to promote college success for disadvantaged students: An interview with Lindsay Page, University of Pittsburgh, and Michael Weiss, MDRC – Episode #167Low-income and first-generation students enroll in and complete college at much lower rates than their more advantaged peers. This is particularly problematic because of the strong link between educational attainment and subsequent earnings, underscoring the need to find effective strategies that promote persistence and degree attainment.
We profile two such programs that are making an important difference, as shown by rigorous program evaluations. They are the City University of New York’s (CUNY’s) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) and the Dell Scholars program. We are joined by two researchers who helped lead the respective evaluations of th...
2018-03-2011 minGov Innovator PodcastHow HHS’s Data Science CoLab catalyzes employee innovation: An interview with Will Yang, CoLab Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Episode #166The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently launched a pilot version of a new initiative called the Data Science CoLab, an eight-week-long data science training program. The first class, which kicked off in October 2017, included 25 employees from different agencies within HHS and with different levels of knowledge about using data. Participants applied to work on a specific data project that they proposed. The initiative builds on related HHS innovation initiatives, including the IDEA Lab and the Ignite Accelerator.
To learn more, we are joined by Will Yang. He has been an Innovation and Design C...
2018-03-1210 minGov Innovator PodcastWins for data and evidence-based policy in the bipartisan budget deal: An interview with Nick Hart, Bipartisan Policy Center – Episode #165The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, passed by Congress and signed by the President on February 9th, 2018, contains several noteworthy bright spots in the use of data and evidence-based policy. Those wins suggest there is continuing bipartisan support in Washington for using evidence, data and innovation to improve the results and cost-effectiveness of Federal programs and policies.
To walk us through the most notable examples, we are joined by Nick Hart (@NickRHart), the director of the Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).
Additional resources: For more information, see overviews by BPC [click here...
2018-02-1509 minGov Innovator PodcastWhy evaluation policies are useful to results-focused federal agencies: An interview with Naomi Goldstein, HHS, and Molly Irwin, DOL – Episode #164A small but growing number of federal departments and agencies have created evaluation policies that describe the principles that those agencies seek to promote when they conduct program evaluations. Those principles can include rigor, relevance, transparency, independence, and ethics.
To learn more about evaluation policies and why they are useful to federal agencies, we are joined by Naomi Goldstein, the Deputy Assistant Secretary within the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Molly Irwin, the Chief Evaluation Officer at...
2018-02-0613 minGov Innovator PodcastHow program managers can use random assignment (i.e., a lottery) to build evidence that can improve customer service: An interview with Matthew Notowidigdo, Northwestern University – Episode #163How can program managers within public agencies — whether local, state or federal — use random assignment (in other words, a lottery) within programs to build evidence that can strengthen results and improve customer service?
A good example comes from South Carolina. Its Medicaid program is administered through Managed Care Organizations, which offer different health care plans to Medicaid beneficiaries. What happens when people don’t choose a plan? In those cases, the state has begun randomly assigning those individuals to plans. It’s not only a fair way to make those assignment decisions, but it also allows researchers to build...
2018-01-3108 minGov Innovator PodcastReforming the federal Experimental Sites initiative to better learn what works in higher ed: An interview with Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, New America – Episode #162 As the new report “Putting the Experiment Back in the Experimental Sites Initiative” discusses, the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ex Sites” initiative — in place in one form or another since the mid-1980s — is designed to allow the Department to grant flexibility to institutions of higher education to test and evaluate potential federal policy changes, including around federal student aid rules. That gives policymakers the option to “try before you buy” (meaning test out policy changes in pilot form), something that is particularly valuable given that even small changes to student aid policy can affect millions of students. Yet the in...
2018-01-2506 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from a leading researcher-practitioner partnership, between Stanford University and San Francisco’s school district: An interview with Laura Wentworth, California Education Partners – Episode #161The partnership between Stanford University and the San Francisco Unified School District is one of the best examples of a partnership between a university and a school district. Launched in 2009, the partnership matches researchers from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education with district leaders to create research projects to directly inform the school district’s work in terms of policies, practice and scholarship to maximize student outcomes.
To learn more, we are joined by Laura Wentworth (@laurawent). Since 2009 she has worked for California Education Partners as the director of the partnership. Ed Partners is the third party organ...
2018-01-1110 minGov Innovator PodcastA primer on the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking’s recommendations: An interview with Nick Hart, Bipartisan Policy Center – Episode #160While Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much these days, there was a bright spot for bipartisanship recently: Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Democratic Senator Patty Murray joined together to praise the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP), which Ryan and Murray launched last year. The Commission was co-chaired by Katharine Abraham of the University of Maryland and Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution.
Some of the Commission’s key recommendations focus on making the most of the data the government already collects by giving qualified researchers—including academics as wel...
2017-10-0410 minGov Innovator PodcastStrategies to sustain program impacts for children and adolescents: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, University of California, Irvine – Episode #159Many interventions that aim to increase the cognitive or socioemotional skills of children and adolescents have shown positive results, but far too often their impacts quickly disappear as children get older. Some programs, in contrast, have shown longer-lasting effects. In a new study published in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Greg Duncan and his co-authors set out to identify the key features of interventions that can be expected to sustain persistently beneficial program impacts. They include:
Skill building: Identifying key skills and building them in an intervention, producing impacts into the future. That might include analytical...
2017-07-3110 minGov Innovator PodcastThe use of impact bonds around the world: An interview with Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Fellow, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution – Episode #158Social Impact Bonds, also called Pay for Success projects in the U.S., draw on private sources of capital to fund preventive services, with governments acting as the outcome funders, paying back the money with a profit if specific targets are met. The approach started in the U.K. and is now being used in many different countries. A related strategy has also been created — Development Impact Bonds — that, as the name suggests, are primarily used in developing countries. They are used to social interventions and involve third parties, such as a donor agencies or a foundations, as the outc...
2017-07-2611 minGov Innovator PodcastHow states can use ESSA to focus education spending on what works: An interview with Tom Kane, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education – Episode #157
The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted in December 2015. ESSA gives states more opportunities to design their own educational systems, while also encouraging and sometimes requiring them to use evidence-based approaches that can help improve student outcomes.
Our guest today, Thomas Kane, joins us for part two of our conversation about how states can use ESSA to focus education spending on what works. Our earlier conversation on the podcast focused on how states can use “efficacy networks” to test strategies for school improvement. Today we focus on another important strategy for state education leader...
2017-07-2507 minGov Innovator PodcastHelping nonprofits build and use evidence through Project Evident: An interview with Kelly Fitzsimmons, Founder and Managing Director, Project Evident – Episode #156Project Evident (@project_evident) launched earlier this year to help nonprofit leaders and their funders develop and implement multi-year evidence-building plans – plans that can help those nonprofits to provide evidence-based programs. The effort is lead by Kelly Fitzsimmons, formerly of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and Scott Cody, formerly of Mathematica. One of the underlying motivations for the initiative is this: While many funders want to fund research that would lead to a third-party rigorous evaluation that measures program impact, nonprofits and funders often could use help in designing and implementing the steps that can lead to that type of...
2017-07-2310 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the Connecticut Green Bank is catalyzing green energy infrastructure: An interview with Bryan Garcia, President and CEO, CT Green Bank – Episode #155The Connecticut Green Bank (@CTGreenBank) is designed to help mobilize more private investment and accelerate the growth of green energy, such as solar power, in order to create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lower energy bills. It is the nation’s first state-sponsored bank to promote lower cost financing for clean energy. Since 2011, for every public dollar invested, the bank has attracted six dollars of private investment, creating about 13,000 jobs so far and driving $1 billion of clean energy investment across the state. That has boosted clean power and reduced clean energy prices by about 20 to 30 percent. Other states an...
2017-07-1809 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from C-Stat in Colorado at year 5: An interview with Reggie Bicha, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services – Episode #154The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) recently celebrated five years of C-Stat, its performance management and leadership strategy and one of the leading examples in the U.S. of data-informed decision making in human services. Through C-Stat, CDHS reviews about 100 measures each month. Two-thirds of those measures have maintained or beat their goals set in the C-Stat process. As Executive Director Reggie Bicha (@reggiebicha) has noted, “We can see in real time when something goes wrong — and we’re committed to fixing it.”
To get a C-Stat update, we are joined by Reggie Bicha, who has led CDHS s...
2017-07-1612 minGov Innovator PodcastLaunching an applied research team within city government: An interview with David Yokum, Director, The Lab @ DC – Interview #153In 2016, the District of Columbia launched The Lab @ DC, based in the Office of the City Administrator within the Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser. Its mission: To embed the scientific method into the heart of day-to-day governance of the city to provide decision makers with high-quality evidence in order to improve results for the city. As its website notes, The Lab “generates timely, relevant, and high-quality ideas and evidence to inform the District’s most important decisions because DC residents deserve a government that asks questions, tests policies, and iteratively improves how it serves the community.”
To learn mo...
2017-07-1414 minGov Innovator PodcastHow New Zealand links data from public data sets to address important policy challenges: An interview with Kelvin Watson, Deputy Chief Executive, Statistics New Zealand – Episode #152Statistics New Zealand (@Stats_NZ) is the government department of New Zealand charged with collecting and producing statistical information. It is known as a leader in terms of linking data from different data sets in order to enable research and insights into important and complex policy challenges with the goal of improving outcomes for New Zealanders. For over ten years, Stats NZ (as it is also called) has been working on data integration including the creation of the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) in 2011. Today the IDI is is a large research database containing microdata from a range of government age...
2017-07-1209 minGov Innovator PodcastLinking data to improve human services while working within privacy laws: An interview with Erin Dalton and Brian Bell, Allegheny County Department of Human Services – Episode #151The Department of Human Services (DHS) in Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, is a leader in the use of data to continually improve services for its residents. In 1999, DHS created its Data Warehouse that consolidated its human services data relating to topics such as behavioral health, child welfare and homeless services. It then expanded this database to include data from other county agencies as well as the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
日本のオンラインカジノには、幅広いゲームが用意されています。大部分はオフショアの世界に拠点を置いていますが、それでも西洋スタイルのゲームを楽しむことができます.大手プロバイダーのソフトウェアを使用しているカジノを探してください。主要なソフトウェア開発者には、Microgaming と Playtech が含まれます。これらのオンラインオンライン バカラでは、日本のゲームもプレイできます。
一部の日本のオンライン カジノでは、追加のプレイマネーをアカウントにリロードするのに役立つリロード ボーナスも提供しています。リロード ボーナスは、その後のデポジットを獲得するチャンスを増やします。これは 50% から 150% の範囲です。このボーナスは、カジノを試してみたい新規プレイヤーに最適です。
日本にはギャンブルを禁止する厳しい法律がありますが、一部のオンライン カジノでは合法的にプレイできます。責任を持ってプレイし、評判の良いサイトでプレイする限り、問題はありません。日本のオンラインカジノはプレイヤーを満足させ続けることを目指しており、トップサイトは顧客が再び戻ってくるように懸命に努力しています.日本で最高のオンラインカジノを選択するには、独自の調査を行ってください。ライセンスのステータスを確認し、提供しているゲームを調べてください。
日本にはギャンブルの長い歴史があるため、オンライン カジノはこの国では新しい概念ではありません。実際、彼らはオンラインでギャンブルを提供した最初の企業の 1 つであり、本格的な業界に成長しました。現在、市場には多くのライセンスを受けた日本のカジノがあり、その多くはプレイヤーにとって安全です.責任あるギャンブル組織からの証明書と SSL 暗号化を確認してください。
あなたのお金と個人情報の安全は最優先事項です。怪しげなサイトや違法サイトでギャンブルをしないでください。これに加えて、選択したオペレーターが安全であることを確認する必要があります。オペレーターが安全かどうかを判断するには、日本のギャンブルを管理する法律を理解する必要があります。
オンラインカジノ体験をさらに楽しくするために、日本の最高のオンラインカジノが提供するボーナスを活用してください。これらのボーナスとプロモーションには、無料プレイマネー、フリースピン、初回入金の 2 倍または 3 倍などがあります。ただし、これらのボーナスの中には、キャッシュアウトの要件があるものがあることに注意することが重要です。たとえば、$10 のボーナスを引き出すには、10 回賭ける必要がある場合があります。
How was the department able to link data across programs and with providers, given what often seems like insurmountable privacy laws that can make data sharing difficult? We get insights from Erin Dalton, the Deputy Director for the Office of Data Analysis, Research and Evaluation (DARE), and Brian Bell, a supervisor within DARE and also the privacy officer at the department.
Our interview builds on an earlier conversation with Erin Dalton that provides an overview of the Data Warehouse.
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2017-07-1008 minGov Innovator PodcastFour fundamental principles of evidence-based policy and practice, drawing from U.S. and European experience: An interview with Howard White, Executive Director, Campbell Collaboration – Episode #150
What principles can help guide public leaders—whether policymakers or public managers—in their use of evidence-based policy to improve results? Howard White (@HowardNWhite) of the Campbell Collaboration joins us to share four fundamental principles:
Use the right evidence to answer the right question. Different types of evidence — e.g., monitoring, process evaluation, impact evaluation and systematic reviews — all can produce useful information for decision makers. But each type of evidence should not be used to answer questions that are beyond its usefulness.
Don’t rely on single studies. When possible, leaders should avoid making important funding decis...
2017-06-2610 minGov Innovator PodcastThe opportunities and pitfalls of government reorganization: An interview with Bob Behn, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School – Episode #149Last month, President Trump issued an executive order calling for agencies to analyze their structures and programs in preparation for a major reorganization. The Trump administration’s focus on reorganization raises the question of when is reorganization useful and what pitfalls need be avoided.
To get insights, we’re joined by Bob Behn. Although it is too early to comment on the Trump administration’s reorganization in particular, since it is still being formulated, he draws on lessons from other reorg efforts to provide advice to public leaders.
Bob Behn is one of the nation’s leadin...
2017-06-2207 minGov Innovator PodcastAn overview of Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth, with lessons for other areas of social policy: An interview with Thaddeus Ferber, Vice President, Forum for Youth Investment – Episode #148One of the most innovative new approaches in Federal policy is known as Performance Partnership Pilots, also called P3. In 2014, Congress authorized several Federal agencies, including Education, Labor and HHS, to enter into up to ten Performance Partnership agreements per year with states, regions, localities, or tribal communities. These agreements allow these jurisdictions to have additional flexibility in using discretionary funds across multiple Federal programs, in exchange for a commitment to achieve significant improvements for disconnected youth, meaning youth that are not in school and not working. The P3 concept, however, could in theory be applied to many other...
2017-06-0217 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the Rhode Island Innovative Policy Lab (RIIPL) works: An interview with Justine Hastings, Director, RIIPL – Episode #147In 2015, a unique collaboration was launched call the Rhode Island Innovative Policy Lab (RIIPL). It is a partnership between researchers at Brown University and the Office of the Governor of Rhode Island, with the goal of helping state agencies design evidence-based policies to better serve Rhode Island families.
RIIPL’s goal is to use data and science to improve policy, alleviate poverty and increase equity of opportunity. To do that work, it has created a new linked database of public programs, connecting more than 100 previously independent data sets.
To learn more and hear about some ex...
2017-05-2611 minGov Innovator PodcastThe importance of replication and validation in evidence-based policy: An interview with Tammy Chang, U.S. Treasury Department, and Nathaniel Higgins, formerly U.S. Social and Behavioral Sciences Team – Episode #146In this podcast episode, we explore two real-life stories from the front lines of government performance improvement efforts that highlight the importance of replication and validation in evidence-based policy.
In the U.K., the department of revenue and customs, in conjunction with the U.K. Behavioral Insights Team (BIT), tested new versions of the letter sent to people who were late in paying their taxes. The new versions simply added ones additional sentence, a behavioral “nudge” that drew on the power of social norms. As the New York Times explained:
One nudge was a sentence telling re...
2017-05-2411 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Massachusetts provides education policymakers with research insights: An interview with Carrie Conaway, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education – Episode #145
Massachusetts is known as a leader in providing education policymakers with research findings that they can use to improve policy and practices. The state’s Office of Planning and Research, within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), takes a multifaceted approach:
Design a proactive research agenda, also known as a learning agenda
Increase internal capacity for research
Create partnerships with external researchers
To learn more, we are joined by Carrie Conaway (@clconaway), the Chief Strategy and Research Officer of the ESE. She leads the 15 person Office of Planning and Research.
The post...
2017-05-1308 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Seattle used results-driven contracting to improve homeless services: An interview with Jason Johnson, Deputy Director, Human Services Department, City of Seattle – Episode #144Because many of the most important functions of state and local governments involve contracting for goods and services supplied by the private sector, improving procurement processes is an important way to strengthen outcomes for citizens. That is the motivation behind our series on results-driven contracting.
Our focus today is Seattle, Washington, whose Human Services Department worked with the Government Performance Lab (GPL) at the Harvard Kennedy School to improve outcomes for its homeless population. The changes included:
Consolidating contracts and allowing for more flexibility
Establishing goals for homeless service providers and tracking progress
Using active contract ma...
2017-05-1010 minGov Innovator PodcastHow states can optimize their pre-K programs: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, UC Irvine, and Member, Pre-Kindergarten Task Force – Episode #143Forty-two states and the District of Columbia spent $6.2 billion in state funds on pre-kindergarten programs in 2015, highlighting the emphasis that policymakers are placing on pre-k to help students prepare for elementary school. Research has shown both the success of pre-K as well as inconclusive evidence about the sustainability of those gains as children become older. Those findings raise the question: How can states optimize their pre-K programs to provide both the strongest early learning boost and a solid foundation for future learning?
Recently, a group of leading pre-K researchers set out to find consensus about what we...
2017-05-0310 minGov Innovator PodcastHow states can use “efficacy networks” to test strategies for school improvement: An interview with Tom Kane, Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education – Episode #142
The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), emphasizes the importance of evidence, including defining four levels of evidence-based practices. The law, however, leaves it to states to decide how much they want to build an evidence base and how much to nudge districts toward choosing more effective strategies. So what should state education leaders do who want to leverage the new law and encourage districts to learn and do what works for students?
Tom Kane joins us for a two-part series to provide suggestions. In this podcast episode, he discusses how s...
2017-04-2714 minGov Innovator PodcastTransforming the culture of procurement in state and local government: An interview with Jeffrey Liebman, Director, Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab – Episode #141“Many of the most important functions of state and local governments – from building and maintaining roads to housing the homeless – involve contracting for goods and services supplied by the private sector,” notes the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab in their primer, Results-Driven Contracting: An Overview. “Unfortunately, governments often treat procurement as a back office administrative function, rather than as a core part of their strategy for delivering better performance.”
As a result, increasing the effectiveness of procurements offers an enormous opportunity today for state and local governments to improve their overall performance. As part of Bloomberg Philant...
2017-04-2012 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from the only Federal department with two Deputy Secretaries: An interview with Heather Higginbottom, former Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, U.S. Department of State – Episode #140Almost all Federal agencies are lead by a Secretary and a Deputy Secretary. But in 2000, Congress created a new position at the State Department, the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources — in other words, the chief operating officer. In doing so, the Department became the only federal Cabinet-level agency with two co-equal Deputy Secretaries.
What lessons does having a second Deputy Secretary provide for other public agencies, whether federal, state or local? To get insights, we speak with Heather Higginbottom (@hhigginbottom). She served as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources from 2013 to the...
2017-04-1309 minGov Innovator PodcastTransforming support services in Federal agencies: An interview with Jeffrey Neal, Former Chief Human Capital Officer, Defense Logistics Agency and Department of Homeland Security – Episode #139How can Federal agencies successfully streamline their support services, such as HR and IT, to boost efficiency and improve results?
We get insights from Jeffrey Neal (@JeffNealHR), a leading expert in human resources issues. He served for 33 years in the Federal government, including as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the 23,000-employee Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) from 2000 to 2009. At DLA, he helped the agency identify more than $50 million in administrative and operational savings. He later served as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, which has more than 240,000 civilian and military employees. Today he is...
2017-04-0711 minGov Innovator PodcastCreating a results-focused city government: An interview with Michael Nutter, former Mayor of Philadelphia – Episode #138What is the value of evidence and data for elected city leaders as well as how can those leaders create a results-focused culture within city government? We get insights from Michael Nutter who served for eight years at the Mayor of Philadelphia, from 2008 to January 2016. Under his leadership, Philadelphia became known as a leader in the use of data and evidence.
In particular, the Nutter Administration established strategic goals with measurable targets; launched PhillyStat, Philadelphia’s performance management system; established Philadelphia’s open data policy in 2012 and launched an open data portal in 2015; and launched Philly 311, the city’s...
2016-08-2612 minGov Innovator PodcastMaking rigorous program evaluation easier with RCT-YES software: An interview with Peter Schochet, Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research – Episode #137Public leaders — whether they’re helping run a state agency, a school system, a hospital, a set of Head Start centers or any other organization — are likely to implement changes over time, whether it’s adjusting programs or adding new services. Maybe it’s a new curriculum for students in a school district or new intake procedure for patients in a hospital. Whatever the change, how can those leaders determine if the change is actually effective?
Our focus today is new software, called RCT-YES, designed to help public leaders (and the researchers who work with them) answer that question. It was funde...
2016-08-1910 minGov Innovator PodcastLessons in applying behavioral insights to human services from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project: An interview with Lashawn Richburg-Hayes and Nadine Deshausay, MDRC – Episode #136In 2010, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a project to explore how programs could advance their goals, and address specific challenges, by applying insights from behavioral sciences, including behavioral economics. It is called the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project. Now, six years later, it has results from 15 randomized experiments conducted across seven states on the topics of employment, child support and childcare.
To get an overview and hear implementation lessons for human services agencies that might want to use these types of interventions — or “nu...
2016-08-1010 minGov Innovator PodcastHow states and localities are improving the quality of education, health, and human services through integrated data systems: An interview with Dennis Culhane, Professor, University of Pennsylvania – Episode #135Programs and agencies in government often exist in silos, where the efforts of one aren’t necessarily connected with others and their data are not shared between them. That slows the process within government of learning what works, coordinating efforts, spurring social innovation, and continuous improvement.
A growing number of states and localities, however, are developing Integrated Data Systems by linking their program data, also called administrative data, across multiple agencies to monitor and track how services are being used and to what effect. These systems can also be used to test social policy innovations through quick, low...
2016-08-0511 minGov Innovator PodcastWhy broadening access to Federal administrative data is critical for improving government services and increasing taxpayer value: An interview with Maria Cancian, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Episode #134Federal programs produce a lot of data — known as administrative data — and those data can be very useful for program administrators and researchers to answer important questions about policy and practice. That is especially true when data from multiple programs or datasets are linked, producing a broader view of program performance that spans organizational silos.
In short, access to administrative data is critical to making Federal programs and policies more effective and efficient. Today, however, access to data can be so restricted that conducting research and analysis can be very difficult.
Our guest today has a vision f...
2016-08-0314 minGov Innovator PodcastTest, learn and adapt – How public agencies can use researcher-practitioner partnerships to test low-cost, light-touch interventions: An interview with Adam Sacarny, Professor, Columbia University – Episode #133How can public agencies can use rapid, low-cost experiments to test (and learn from) low-cost, light-touch interventions such as communications and outreach strategies? Also, how can agencies partner with academic researchers to run those experiments and what characteristics of those researcher-practitioner partnerships help make them successful?
To get insights into all those topics, we are joined by Adam Sacarny (@asacarny). An economist by training, he is a professor of health policy and management at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He has been working with both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a...
2016-07-2708 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Utah became a leader in evidence-based policymaking: An interview with Kristen Cox, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget, and Jonathan Ball, Director, Utah Fiscal Analysts Office – Episode #132 Utah is one of the top states in the U.S. in terms of evidence-based policymaking and budgeting. In particular, with efforts by the Utah State Legislature and the administration of Governor Gary Herbert, Utah has created a variety of agency-specific and cross-agency tools to incorporate evidence into policy and funding decisions. That includes:
A requirement from the Governor’s budget office that agencies seeking new funding provide evidence of program efficiency and effectiveness and, for new programs, describe their program evaluation strategy.
The Herbert administration’s use of a performance management framework for agencies.
A requirement by the Legislature th...
2016-07-2213 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the State of Mississippi uses evidence-based budgeting to increase return on investment and improve program outcomes: An interview with Toby Barker, Mississippi State Representative – Episode #131Over the past several years, the State of Mississippi has taken important steps to use evidence in order to get better results from state spending and, in turn, achieve better outcomes for the people of Mississippi. That includes defining tiers of evidence to focus funding on what works; creating comprehensive program inventories that categorize the level of evidence relating to each program’s effectiveness; and reinvigorating the state’s use of evidence-based budgeting (also known as performance-based budgeting), including using a set of questions to guide funding decisions called the “Seven Elements of Quality Program Design.”
To learn more, we’...
2016-07-1612 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the UK’s Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is building rigorous evidence about how to close education achievement gaps: An interview with Sir Kevan Collins, Chief Executive, EEF – Episode #130The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. To do that, it has a unique strategy: increasing the supply of high-quality evidence about what works in order to enable better decisions by teachers and school leaders. Launched in 2011 with a founding grant of £125 million from the UK Department of Education, today it operates as an independent grant making nonprofit. With investment and fundraising income, it intends to award about £220 million over 15 years.
Remarkably, today about one in four schools in the UK (7,600 schools, involving more than 750,000 students) is taki...
2016-07-1313 minGov Innovator PodcastTransforming Federal grant programs from compliance driven to results focused: An interview with Robert Gordon, former Acting Deputy Director, White House Office of Management and Budget – Episode #129If you think about what the Federal government does, grant making may not be the first thing you think of. Even so, billions of dollars flow from the Federal level to states, localities and nonprofits in the form of grants. How can the Federal government encourage more evidence-based policy and innovation through the grant making process?
We get insights from Robert Gordon who held top leadership roles at the White House Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Department of Education — and was one of the architects of the Obama Administration’s evidence agenda. He’s also the...
2016-07-0714 minGov Innovator PodcastCreating successful researcher-practitioner partnerships at the Federal level: An interview with Dayanand Manoli, Professor, University of Texas at Austin – Episode #128An important and underused opportunity for public agencies to improve their results and tackle critical challenges is researcher-practitioner partnerships. When researchers and government executives team up, public agencies can get credible answers to important operational and strategic questions. That can include insights from empirical analyses as well as from field experiments.
To get insights into what it takes to create a successful researcher-practitioner partnership, we’re joined by Dayanand Manoli. He is an economist at University of Texas at Austin whose research interests include policy related to social security and retirement policy, income tax policy and education policy...
2016-07-0111 minGov Innovator PodcastRaising job quality and skills for American workers through more effective education and workforce development within states: An interview with Harry Holzer, Professor, Georgetown University – Episode #127How can the United States raise job quality and skills for American workers through more effective education and workforce development within states? In particular:
How can we fix the misalignment between the skills of Americans without college degrees and the workforce needs of well-paying industries that do not necessarily require a college degree?
And how can we create a learning strategy where we incentivize states to produce better outcomes for community college graduates and then learn what works among state approaches?
We get insights into those questions from Harry Holzer, a leading thinker on workforce issues. He is...
2016-06-2515 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing school-based health centers to address the health needs of low-income youth: An interview with Olga Acosta Price, Professor, The George Washington University – Episode #126How can communities better address young people’s physical and emotional health needs? A growing trend is the use of school-based health centers. The goal is to provide convenient, accessible, and comprehensive health care services to students from pre-k through high school by having a health provider — or sometimes an interdisciplinary health provider team — that is co-located in the school setting.
To learn more about the trends in school-based health centers and the evidence of their impact, we’re joined by a leading expert on the topic, Olga Acosta Price. She is an Associate Professor at the Milken I...
2016-06-1011 minGov Innovator PodcastHow one Federal agency, the Corporation for National and Community Service, strengthened the role of evidence in a key grant program, AmeriCorps: An interview with Diana Epstein and Carla Ganiel, CNCS – Episode #125 The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is probably best known for overseeing the AmeriCorps program. The program provides grants to nonprofits and local governments to address community needs in education, public safety, health and the environment. The money pays to support AmeriCorps members and their activities, whether it’s tutoring in an elementary school or building affordable housing in response to a national disaster. The funding includes about $230 million in competitive grants to about 350 grantees. In 2014, AmeriCorps began prioritizing evidence in the scoring criteria by which it awards those competitive grants.
To learn more, including advice...
2016-06-0616 minGov Innovator PodcastTwelve “better practices” that can help public leaders tackle key organizational challenges and boost results: An interview with Bob Behn, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School – Episode #124Bob Behn of the Harvard Kennedy School is one of the leading thinkers on the subjects of public management and leadership. He has argued that public agencies are unlikely to produce better results simply by creating rules, requirements or performance systems. A more effective approach, he notes, is to help managers learn better leadership practices.
In particular, he recommends twelve practices or leadership skills that can help organizations strengthen their performance. Our discussion draws on his original report on the topic, published by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, which discusses eleven of those practices.
2016-05-2718 minGov Innovator PodcastHow school districts can use rigorous program evaluation to test new education reforms: An interview with Matthew Lenard, Director, Data Strategy and Analytics, Wake County Public Schools – Episode #123When schools or school districts implement district wide reform initiatives, how can they accurately determine if those reform efforts are having the positive effects that school leaders had hoped? How, in other words, can they move beyond anecdotes or simple trend data and rigorously evaluate their district wide reform initiatives?
The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) — North Carolina’s largest school district — faced exactly those questions when it implemented a district-wide reform initiative. The initiative is called Multi-Tiered System of Supports, or MTSS, and is designed to increase academic achievement and reduce behavioral problems, although the specifics of...
2016-05-1309 minGov Innovator PodcastDetermining if your program is having a positive impact (i.e., impact evaluation 101): An interview with David Evans, Senior Economist, The World Bank – Episode #122Is my program or initiative having a positive impact?
It’s a question about which organizational leaders may want hard evidence, either to take stock and help improve program results, or to satisfy their authorizers or funders who may be asking for rigorous evidence of impact. Either way, how can you determine the impact of your program? And which strategies may sound useful but are unlikely to produce accurate answers?
To examine these these questions and get a “101” on impact evaluation, we’re joined by David Evans (@tukopamoja). He is a Senior Economist at the World Bank and...
2016-05-0223 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing intensive, individualized math tutoring to boost academic outcomes of disadvantaged youth: An interview with Jonathan Guryan, Professor, Northwestern University – Episode #121Improving schooling outcomes of disadvantaged youth is a top policy priority in the United States, but few interventions have produced convincing evidence that they can improve those outcomes, especially for adolescent youth — the age at which socially costly outcomes occur, such as high school dropout. As a result, it may be conventional wisdom that, by adolescence, it is too late and too costly to improve academic outcomes of children in poverty.
A recent study (and related Hamilton Project policy proposal), however, suggest that this conventional wisdom is wrong. It uses a rigorous evaluation design — a randomized controlled trial — t...
2016-04-2609 minGov Innovator PodcastLessons from the nation’s first Social Impact Bond, aimed at reducing recidivism among adolescent offenders at Rikers Island: An interview with Gordon Berlin, President, MDRC – Episode #120A Social Impact Bond (SIB) uses private funds – from philanthropy or other investors — to pay for a social, educational, or health programs. Importantly, the government only repays investors, plus a return, if pre-specified results are achieved. A new report by Gordon Berlin, the president of the nonprofit social policy research firm MDRC (@MDRC_News), reflects on the experience of SIB (also called pay for success) projects to date, including the nation’s first SIB at Rikers Island jail in New York City for which MDRC was the intermediary. As the report notes, while SIBs are the social sector’s hottest “imp...
2016-04-2019 minGov Innovator PodcastHow the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Dept. of Education is helping the education field to learn and do what works: An interview with Russ Whitehurst, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution – Episode #119Over the last 15 years, the field of education has become considerably more evidence focused, including a growing number of high-quality studies about how to help students succeed in school. An important catalyst has been the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). It is the independent, non-partisan statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Created in 2002 during the George W. Bush Administration, it has continued to flourish under the Obama Administration and today has a budget of about $670 million and a staff of 180.
To learn more, including lessons for other public agencies, we’re join...
2016-04-1513 minGov Innovator PodcastMilwaukee’s three-pronged strategy to reduce teen pregnancy: An interview with Bevan Baker, Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee, and Nicole Angresano, United Way of Greater Milwaukee – Episode #118
Milwaukee’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, launched in 2008, is a citywide effort led by the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. It has been recognized as a model of community collaboration, including by the White House Council for Community Solutions.
The three main prongs of the strategy are:
An aggressive advertising campaign targeted to teens
The use of evidence-based sex education
The involvement of community partners to support the strategy
The initiative set a goal in 2008 to reduce Milwaukee’s teen births by 46% over 10 years. It exceeded that goal, three years early, with a 50...
2016-04-1313 minGov Innovator PodcastThree strategies to promote relevance in program evaluations so that findings are useful to policymakers and practitioners: An interview with Evan Weissman, Senior Associate, MDRC – Episode #117In program evaluation, using the most rigorous methods possible is essential for producing credible research findings. But beyond the goal of rigor, relevance is important too. In particular, the more that evaluations are able to address specific research or implementation questions that are of interest to practitioners and policymakers, the more likely that the findings will actually get used.
A rigorous evaluation (using a randomized controlled trial) of a student-aid initiative, called Aid Like a Paycheck, recently took three additional steps, beyond typical program evaluation, to ensure that the study produces information that is relevant to end user...
2016-04-0411 minGov Innovator PodcastImproving student outcomes by giving parents detailed information about their child’s academic progress: An interview with Peter Bergman, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University – Episode #116Can regular, detailed information sent to parents about their students’ progress lead to improved student achievement? That question was put to the test by in a field experiment in the Los Angeles school system in which parents were given information by text, phone or email about their children’s missing assignments. The results for high school students show surprisingly large effects and suggest that this type of relatively low cost intervention may have effects on student achievement that are similar to much more costly and intensive interventions.
To learn more, we’re joined by the study’s author, Pete...
2016-03-2811 minGov Innovator PodcastLas Vegas’s data-driven effort to improve traffic safety at its most dangerous intersections: An interview with Betsy Fretwell, City Manager, City of Las Vegas – Episode #115Today, results-focused cities are using data to improve city services, boost the quality of life, and literally save lives. The City of Las Vegas has gained a reputation for its data-focused approach to addressing important city challenges. A good example is its effort to reduce traffic accidents, first by focusing on reducing left turn crashes and later by focusing on the 50 most dangerous intersections. The results have been dramatic.
To learn more, we are joined by Betsy Fretwell (@BetsyFretwell), the City Manager of Las Vegas. She has been in that role since 2009, overseeing a city workforce of nearl...
2016-03-2409 minGov Innovator PodcastInsights from the City of New Orleans’ analytics unit, NOLAlytics, about using data to improve city services: An interview with Oliver Wise, Director, Office of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans – Episode #114The City of New Orleans under Mayor Mitch Landrieu has gained a reputation as being one of the most innovative and data-driven city governments. An important element in those efforts is the Office of Performance and Accountability, launched in 2011. The mission of the office is to use data to set goals, track performance, and drive results across city government. In 2015, it launched an analytics unit called NOLAlytics that undertakes data-driven projects to improve city services.
To learn more, we are joined by Oliver Wise (@ojwise). He is the founding director of the Office of Performance and Accountability.
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2016-03-1810 minGov Innovator PodcastImproving health outcomes of older adults while reducing costs through the nursing-led Transitional Care Model: An interview with Mary Naylor, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Episode #113
In the U.S., more than a third of elderly patients discharged from hospitals are re-admitted within 90 days, often needlessly. An intervention that is helping change that is the nursing-led Transitional Care Model (TCM), pioneered at the University of Pennsylvania. It been the focus of four large scale NIH-funded clinical trials, including three RCTs, all finding consistent positive health and economic effects, including reduced re-hospitalization and health care expenditures. The savings, in fact, are equivalent to about $10 billion if the approach were implemented nationwide. Today TCM is being used in a range of health systems in the U...
2016-03-1510 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing randomized evaluations to address global poverty and other social policy challenges: An interview with Dean Karlan, Professor, Yale University, and President, Innovations for Poverty Action – Episode #112Addressing the nation’s — and the world’s — biggest challenges will require learning and doing what works. A powerful tool for doing that is the randomized evaluation, also known as a randomized control trial (RCT). It is a tool that is increasingly being used in the U.S. and around the world. Well-designed and well-implemented RCTs can provide strong evidence about what works — not only whether a program works or not, but also which strategies within a program or policy work best.
As evaluation experts (including RCT proponents) will note, RCTs are one tool within public managers’ analytical tool...
2016-03-0910 minGov Innovator PodcastIncreasing diversity in the sciences through the Meyerhoff Scholars Program: An interview with Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County – Episode #111The Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is at the forefront of efforts to increase diversity among future leaders in the sciences. It was launched in 1988 to provide financial assistance, mentoring, advising, and research experience to African American undergraduate students committed to obtaining Ph.D. degrees in science, engineering and related fields. Today the application process is open to prospective undergraduate students of all backgrounds who plan to pursue doctoral study in the sciences or engineering and who are interested in the advancement of minorities in those fields. Since its launch, the program has gr...
2016-02-1912 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Allegheny County’s Data Warehouse is improving human services through integrated data: An interview with Erin Dalton, Allegheny County Department of Human Services – Episode #110Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, is recognized as a leader in using data to improve the results of its human services programs. In particular, the county’s Department of Human Services (DHS) created its Data Warehouse in 1999. The initiative stated by consolidating its own internal human services data relating to topics such as behavioral health, child welfare and homeless services. Over time, the warehouse expanded to include data from other county agencies as well as the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
To learn more, we’re joined by Erin Dalton. She is the Deputy Director for the Office of Data...
2016-02-1711 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Philadelphia became a leader in the use of data and evidence: An interview with Maia Jachimowicz, V.P. for Evidence-Based Policy, Results for America, and former policy director to Mayor Michael Nutter – Episode #109
Michael Nutter served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. During his eight years in office, the city became a leader in the use of data, evidence and evaluation to improve outcomes for city residents. In 2014, Governing Magazine named the Mayor one of the Public Officials of the Year, noting, “Philadelphia isn’t an easy place to govern. But Mayor Michael Nutter has undoubtedly made an outsized impact on the city, creating a Philadelphia that’s cleaner, safer, smarter and more fiscally sound than the city he began leading in 2008.”
To gain insights into some of the steps the c...
2016-02-1512 minGov Innovator PodcastThe first-year effects of Mexico’s soda tax: An interview with Barry Popkin, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health – Episode #108Can a tax on sugary drinks reduce consumption and therefore fight obesity? The nation of Mexico, which has similarly high rates of obesity as the United States, is putting that question to the test. In 2013, Mexican lawmakers passed an excise tax on sugary drinks of 1 peso (about 8 cents) per liter, which is about a 10 percent tax. It also passed a tax on junk food.
A new study published in the British Medical Journal examines the effects on purchases of beverages in Mexico during the first year after implementation of the tax. To learn more, we’re joined by one of th...
2016-02-1109 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing behavioral insights to design smarter school lunchrooms: An interview with David Just, Co-Director, Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs – Episode #107How can schools use low-cost solutions to help children make healthier food choices? David Just is an expert on that topic. An economist by training, he is a professor at Cornell University and co-director, with Brian Wansink, of the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center). His research has included dozens of field and lab experiments that identify the subtle factors in the environment that can lead both children and adults to make the healthier food choices.
October 2017 update: Problems have been reported in the research conducted by researchers at the BEN Center. For an ove...
2016-02-0411 minGov Innovator PodcastHow Mexico took on the soda industry and won, passing a soda tax: An interview with Tina Rosenberg, New York Times and Solutions Journalism Network – Episode #106Mexico consumes a lot of soda and its soda industry (particularly Coca-Cola) is very powerful. Even so, in 2013, Mexico’s congress was able to successfully pass a nationwide one-peso-per-litre (about 10%) tax on sugary drinks, over the opposition of the soda industry. How did it happen?
To gain insights, we’re joined by Tina Rosenberg (@tirosenberg), a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Her recent article in The Guardian is titled, “How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants.” She is the author of the “Fixes” column in the New York Times and also a co-founder of the Solut...
2016-02-0213 minGov Innovator PodcastCalling on states to close their youth prisons: An interview with Patrick McCarthy, President, Annie E. Casey Foundation – Episode #105The Annie E. Casey Foundation, through its juvenile justice initiative, has documented widespread maltreatment of youth in state-funded juvenile corrections facilities, including high rates of sexual victimization and the heavy-handed use of disciplinary isolation. The results include high levels of recidivism and annual costs that often exceed $100,000 per young person. The findings have led the foundation’s president, Patrick McCarthy, to call on states to close their youth prisons and use more evidence-based approaches that would be more effective, humane and cost efficient. He has also pledged the Foundation’s support to any state willing to close its youth pris...
2016-01-1412 minGov Innovator PodcastDoubling community college graduation rates through CUNY’s ASAP program: An interview with Donna Linderman, Dean for Student Success Initiatives, City University of New York – Episode #104Increasing the graduation rates at community colleges is an important national challenge. Nationally, less than 40 percent of community college students attain a degree or certificate — and students who come to campus underprepared for college-level work (those needing developmental or remedial classes) have graduation rates below 30 percent.
The City University of New York (CUNY) launched the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) in 2007 with the goal of doubling the graduation rates of community college students as well as encouraging timely graduation within three years. A rigorous, random assignment evaluation by MDRC found that ASAP nearly doubled the percentage of stud...
2016-01-0809 minGov Innovator PodcastColorado’s Family Planning Initiative: An interview with Larry Wolk, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – Episode #103To quote social policy expert Isabel Sawhill, “If we want to reduce poverty [in the U.S.], one of the simplest, fastest and cheapest things we could do would be to make sure that as few people as possible become parents before they actually want to.”
An important state initiative to do that is Colorado’s Family Planning Initiative. Launched in 2009, it has provided 36,000 long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to low-income women through family planning health centers, while also increasing health care provider education and training. Since it’s launch, Colorado’s teen birth rate has been cut nearly in ha...
2015-12-3009 minGov Innovator PodcastUsing food banks to fight diabetes and promote health for vulnerable populations: An interview with Dr. Hilary Seligman, Professor, University of California, San Francisco – Episode #102Can food banks be used to address diet-sensitive disease in low-income communities? A new study of a pilot intervention suggests they can. Between 2012 and 2014, researchers enrolled almost 700 food pantry clients with diabetes in a six-month pilot intervention in three states. The intervention provided participants with diabetes-appropriate food, blood sugar monitoring, primary care referral, and self-management […]The post Using food banks to fight diabetes and promote health for vulnerable populations: An interview with Dr. Hilary Seligman, Professor, University of California, San Francisco – Episode #102 appeared first on Gov Innovator podcast.
2015-12-1309 minWCRS Podcast - Street FightStreet Fight on WCRS - 8 9 2012 LIBOR!!, Interview with Andy Feldman, and Stopping the Copping.
58:00 minutes (53.1 MB)Alright, so we missed last week. Brett lost the file while editing or so he thought. Before recording yesterday it was found so we'll have a bonus for you this weekend. Maybe we'll release the original interview.
So we started the show some voting discussion and Brett still hasn't found his candidate. Bryan thought that Mitt Romney's unwillingness to barf on a foreign delegate really demonstrates the dumbing down of the Republican party.
We talked LIBOR a lot. It seemed that as we released more LIBOR info more LIBOR information poured in.
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