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4 Refining the Tricks of the Trade
Pages 21-24

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... They are also to provide administrative mechanisms allowing relevant persons to seek and obtain correction of information deemed not to align with those characteristics: see Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 [Pub.
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... Whitehurst echoed Brass' observation, noting similar issues at the Department of Education (DoED) , for example, in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Education Sciences Reform Act: a strongly worded congressional preference for the use of randomized controlled trials quickly became synonymous with a need to carry them out to reinforce scientific rigor.
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... , noted a paper OMB wrote for the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy on the uses of evidence that discusses how funding structures can affect the development of a portfolio of evidence.3 Nightingale briefly described DOL's funding strategy for evaluation, which includes drawing small percentages from the department's operating budget, as well as from funding programs and discretionary grants. The evaluation office prioritizes appropriation on the basis of its agencies' needs and the need to build on evidence from previous studies, and then uses that information to create an annual evaluation agenda for the department.
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