Independent Evaluators of Federal Programs: Approaches, Devices, and Examples

Kaiser, Frederick M. ; Brass, Clinton T.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Politics and government;    Congress;    Executive departments;    Independent Evaluators;   

RP-ID  :  R41337
RP-ID  :  R41337_2010Aug16

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Congress and the executive, as well as outside organizations, have long been attentive to the evaluation of federal programs, with frequent interest paid to the independent status of the evaluator. This interest continues into the current era, with numerous illustrations of the multifaceted approaches adopted and proposed. This report focuses on examples of independent evaluators (IEs): when an evaluation is to be conducted by an entity outside the immediate organization that is responsible for policy implementation, and the entity also is intended to have one or more dimensions of independence.