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Evidence Plans

Learning Agendas

Learning Agendas, or evidence-building plans, are systematic plans for identifying and addressing priority questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of an agency. They identify, prioritize, and establish strategies to develop evidence to answer important short- and long-term questions including:

  • strategic questions about how the agency meets its mission(s), including about how programs, policies, and regulations function, and
  • operational questions about the agency’s operations like human resources, grant-making procedures, financial systems and tracking, and internal processes.

Learning agendas should be iterative, flexible, transparent, and tailored to both meet an individual agency’s needs and address agency-specific challenges to developing evidence. Sources: OMB M-19-23 and OMB M-21-27.

Learning Agendas by Agency

Department of Agriculture logo

Department of Agriculture

Department of Commerce logo

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense logo

Department of Defense

Department of Education logo

Department of Education

Department of Energy logo

Department of Energy

Department of Health & Human Services logo

Department of Health & Human Services

Department of Homeland Security logo

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development logo

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Interior logo

Department of Interior

Department of Justice logo

Department of Justice

Department of Labor logo

Department of Labor

Department of State logo

Department of State

Department of Transportation logo

Department of Transportation

Department of Treasury logo

Department of Treasury

Department of Veterans Affairs logo

Department of Veterans Affairs

Environmental Protection Agency logo

Environmental Protection Agency

General Services Administration logo

General Services Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Science Foundation logo

National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Personnel Management logo

Office of Personnel Management

Small Business Administration logo

Small Business Administration

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Social Security Administration

U.S. Agency for International Development logo

U.S. Agency for International Development

Cross-Government Plans

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ARP Equity Learning Agenda

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) logo

The LGBTQI+ Equity Learning Agenda

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PMA Learning Agenda

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