OMB will provide funding for program evaluations

The Office of Management and Budget is providing funding to federal agencies that are willing to conduct voluntary, high-priority evaluations.

The Office of Management and Budget is providing funding to federal agencies that are willing to conduct voluntary, high-priority evaluations of their key programs, GovExec reports. In a governmentwide July 29 memo, Jeffrey Zients, OMB’s acting director and chief performance officer, said funds would be available to agencies that demonstrate their fiscal 2012 budget priorities are based on credible evidence and subject to a rigorous evaluation. OMB will be looking for evaluations that emphasize effective strategies, interventions and activities within programs, Zients said.

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