Jon Baron of the Coalition for Evidence Based Policy discusses how program managers and agency leaders can gain rigorous, useful insights into program effectiveness at a modest cost, drawing on existing program data.

Jenn Gustetic of NASA describes how government agencies can use prize competitions can spur innovation, solve tough problems and advance their missions.

The City of Louisville is entering Year Three of its performance improvement efforts under Mayor Greg Fisher. We get an update on progress from the city's Chief of Performance Improvement, Theresa Reno-Weber.

Professor Donald Green of Columbia University discusses a recent randomized trial conducted in England to test the impact of different text messages on repayment rates for people who had delinquent fines owed to the government.

Paul Decker, the 2013 President of the policy association APPAM, highlights insights from his Presidential Address.

An interview with Rachel Glennerster, the Executive Director of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab, on her new book "Running Randomized Evaluations."

An interview with Reggie Bicha, Exec. Director of the Colorado Dept. of Human Services, on KidStat, an effort he launched in his previous role in Wisconsin.

Chris Spera, Chief Evaluation Officer at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) discusses his agency's efforts to build and use evidence, including in the AmeriCorps program and through the Social Innovation Fund.

The field of education has seen a growing emphasis on the use on evidence in decision making over recent years. That said, much progress lies ahead. To learn more, we're joined by Robert Slavin, a leader in the area of evidence policy in education.

Gary VanLandingham of the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative discusses their first of a kind study on state's use of cost-benefit analyses.