Performance and Evaluation Projects Research tips

Performance and Evaluation Projects Research tips

Use government agency sources; academic articles and papers are not appropriate.
You should be using Federal agency websites and documents. You can go to the agency reports links.
You can also usPerformance and Evaluation Projects Research tipse Boolean searches using Google.

Examples of government document sources:
GAO
Government Accountability Office
https://www.gao.gov/browse/date/week

U.S Inspectors General Offices
(just a few examples, for government waste, abuse or corruption)

Department of Education https://ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/index.html?src=ft

Department of Homeland Security https://www.oig.dhs.gov/

DOJ https://oig.justice.gov/

FDA https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/oas/fda.asp

HUD https://www.hudoig.gov/about/our-offices/office-of-inspector-general-oig

Treasury https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/ig/Pages/default.aspx

NSA https://www.nsa.gov/about/oig/
http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2017/12/nsa-finally-gets-independent-inspector-general/144844/

Boolean searches
Using the google search engine, use the name of the entity with a space then the + sign, a space then a search term such as CDC, DOI, USDA, SEC or FBI or DOJ (Department of Justice). Example:
Rose Marie O’Reilly + sentenc*
This will bring up recent articles on sentencing, sentence, sentenced. The DOJ report has not been posted as of this writing, but it will show up soon. Using the search term: sentenc*
brings up anything that starts with sentenc, such as sentencing, sentenced, sentence.

To get only and all government documents use this boolean search term adding:
+ site:gov

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