October 2023 By Kenneth Megan, Associate Director, Federal Practice Supportive services can eliminate barriers to joining the workforce, playing an important role in promoting equity and diversifying the U.S. construction workforce, which has traditionally been largely white and male. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), 22 competitive grant programs from…

By Nichole Dunn, Vice President, Federal Policy At a recent webinar hosted by Results for America (RFA) and the Data Quality Campaign (DQC), Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor G.T. Bynum astutely observed, “There is no generation in human history that has more access to more data to deliver superior results than ours…

September 2023 By Kenneth Megan, Associate Director, Federal Practice State and local governments can now use their fiscal recovery funds to support highway and other surface transportation projects, including projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Last month, the Treasury Department released an interim final rule (IFR) on the…

By Ryan Galvin Wise For decades, governments have focused mostly on the quantity of jobs created — not the quality or equity of those jobs. But today, there is a growing movement of government leaders taking steps to help lift wages, improve benefits and working conditions, provide stable schedules, and…

By Ross Tilchin How do local government leaders decide where to spend scarce resources? It’s a fundamental question with deep ramifications on the likelihood of upward mobility for residents in every city and county across the country. Results for America developed the Economic Mobility Catalog to help local leaders identify…

By Jess Valand In April 2022, Peter Coy of the New York Times wrote, “If quantity of jobs were all that mattered, workers would be in heaven right now.” In the last year, American workers have clearly shown that quantity is not all that matters. Workers are quitting their jobs…

By Kelsey Berkowitz From the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), billions of dollars are now set to flow to states and localities from the federal government. Following a pandemic that highlighted long-standing inequities, state and local officials have a…

By Results for America Launched in 2013, Results for America’s annual Invest in What Works Federal Standard of Excellence (Federal Standard of Excellence) serves as a “north star” for how federal agencies and departments can consistently and effectively use data and evidence in budget, policy, and management decisions to achieve…

State education leaders who are champions for data- and evidence-use significantly impact the way their state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) serve students. These leaders are better positioned to: Deeply understand their students’ needs; Identify, share, and invest in evidence-based strategies; and Create a culture of continuous…