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Moneyball for Government — Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series
January 21, 2015Moneyball for Government authors Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and John Bridgeland, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council,… Read more »
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By Julia Belluz A couple of years ago, former Obama and Bush officials estimated that only 1 percent of government spending is backed by any evidence at… Read more »
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A Game Plan to Break the Gridlock
January 13, 2015By Jim Nussle and Peter Orszag A new Congress has been sworn in and our government is divided. It is now time to focus on… Read more »
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Washington, We Can Do This
January 13, 2015By U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Warner (D-VA) By now, everyone has heard of the story of baseball’s Oakland Athletics and their 2002… Read more »
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Arne Duncan, Former U.S. Department of Education Secretary (Obama)
January 12, 2015“I believe that we should create new incentives to catalyze bold state and local innovation in support of student success and achievement. We should support… Read more »
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Why We Are Optimistic that Government Can Play Moneyball
January 9, 2015By Michele Jolin To dramatically expand opportunity and improve the lives of young people, their families and communities, government policy and funding decisions must be… Read more »
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Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
January 6, 2015“The idea of Moneyball, which works for baseball, certainly works in business, works in government too, is to make things based on evidence as much as can you. Don’t just… Read more »
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Taking a “Moneyball” Approach to CYFD
January 6, 2015By Bruce Krasnow …Now, the movement even has its own book, Moneyball for Government, written by Peter Orszag and Jim Nussle, two former budget writers for… Read more »
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Can the U.S. Government go Moneyball?
December 23, 2014By Peter Orszag and Jim Nussle In an excerpt from their new book, two former Office of Management and Budget directors ask whether or not… Read more »
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Don’t Get Too Excited About the Budget Deal
December 10, 2014By Peter R. Orszag …The story of Youth Opportunity grants demonstrates the risks involved in indiscriminate cutting. The grants were administered, starting in 2000, by… Read more »
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