These analyses from some of the nation’s most capable diplomats are valuable. But their recommendations do not go far enough. Revitalizing U.S. foreign policy will require more than a renewed ...

Austin skyline. The city's “Reimagining Public Safety” project used evidence-based policymaking to inform the city's budget decisions and to shape public safety policies starting in 2020.

Agencies and the White House are getting into the weeds of how to put the OPEN Government Data Act into effect. Almost a year after the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act and the Foundations for ...

The intersection of public health nutrition and planetary health is central to advancing global sustainability. The food system, both a major driver of ...

Who doesn’t believe evidence should guide our decisions? Basing care and policy on evidence seems the best approach intuitively but why then is it so difficult to accomplish? A commentary in Public ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a plan, along with a new office, that proponents say will prioritize evidence and data in decision-making, as a way to ensure ...

Colorado's state capitol. Evidence-based government has been embraced by the legislative and executive branches. (Photo: David Kidd) Before COVID, governors had hoped to increase general fund ...

Statistical uncertainty in data—or random error in a measurement—particularly when it is used to inform funding and policies, can lead to a variety of issues ...

As a researcher and science writer wondering like many others why evidence does not always appear to make a difference in policy, I found myself deeply engaged in Karen Bogenschneider and Tom ...

Clinical practice in the United States is marked by significant variation, leading in some cases to suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes. Despite the proliferation of clinical practice ...