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| 7 Dec 2021 | |
| Evidence Act Hub |
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Executive Summary
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) established new expectations for the evaluation field and practice across the largest federal agencies. While the goal of the law’s evaluation provisions is to enhance existing culture in federal agencies to produce and use evaluation, the requirements of the law focus on the people and processes to support capacity building. With guidance issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget in mid-2021, many federal agencies beyond those legally required to advance evaluation practices are also building capacity.
The survey of federal evaluation officials was designed by the Data Foundation in partnership with the American Evaluation Association. It provides exploratory and suggestive insights about the growth of evaluation practice in federal agencies, while also identifying early Evidence Act successes and challenges experienced by evaluation leaders. The survey specifically asked evaluation officials across federal agencies, bureaus, and operating divisions about their roles and experiences related to the Evidence Act and evaluation practice.
