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How the Small Business Administration became a leader in evidence-based decision making: An interview with Jason Bossie, Director, Office of Performance Management, SBA – Episode #169

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The Small Business Administration's Jason Bossie describes how the SBA strengthened a culture of evidence and data, including creating an evaluation office and a chief data officer role within the CFO's office, as well as creating a learning agenda to identify priority research questions from its bureaus.

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