Evidence-based policy (EBP) is an idea in public policy proposing that policy decisions should be based on, or informed by, rigorously established objective evidence. The implied contrast here is with ...

A bipartisan commission wants the government to use program data to determine whether policies work, but there are political barriers. A bipartisan commission chartered by Congress recently delivered ...

One of the great—if largely unsung—bipartisan congressional acts of recent history was the passage in 2018 of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. In essence, the “Evidence Act” ...

Austin skyline. The city's “Reimagining Public Safety” project used evidence-based policymaking to inform the city's budget decisions and to shape public safety policies starting in 2020.

Recommendations for cloud contracts at the General Services Administration from Roger Waldron, president at The Coalition for Government Procurement, who says GSA is currently creating “vertical ...

This report is about using science as evidence in public policy. Science identifies problems—endangered species, obesity, unemployment, and vulnerability to natural disasters or bioterrorism or cyber ...

Ruth Stewart receives funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Research Foundation, and the International Development Research Centre of Canada. Siziwe Ngcwabe works for ...

John C. Besley has received funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the John Templeton ...