As agencies evolve to be increasingly data-driven, insiders are working vigorously to elevate public transparency into those federal findings, agency leaders said at a panel held by the Partnership for Public Service in Washington Thursday.
“I think the research community, in general, does a … I won’t say that we do a poor job, but we can be inaccessible in terms of how we communicate about findings,” Christina Yancey, Labor Department’s acting chief evaluation officer, said.
Because of this, Yancey said Labor “really takes it to heart” to ensure that they are properly translating the data and findings that they share with the public and emphasizing transparency throughout the lifecycle of various projects and studies they conduct. She said Labor makes it a point to post its annual evaluation plan, which describes the studies the agency plans to fund, as well as active studies it’s engaged in, online for anyone to access.
“It’s really important to make sure along the way you are bringing transparency to the processes, as well as the products,” she said.
While the event framed a newly released report by the Partnership and Grant Thorton on leveraging data and evidence to transform how agencies do business, panelists went into great detail about how their agencies are working to guarantee that the public can obtain new insights from the data and analysis they produce.
Thomas Kelly serves as acting vice president of policy and evaluation for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent foreign assistance agency that provides federal funding and partnerships to developing countries that are committed to good governance. Kelly said every quarter the agency makes independent evaluations of all of its international projects and ..
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