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The growing importance of decision sciences to the U.S. government

September 16, 2015

The growing importance of decision sciences to the U.S. government

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President Obama announced a new executive order on Tuesday which authorizes federal agencies to conduct behavioral experiments on U.S. citizens in order to advance government initiatives.

“A growing body of evidence demonstrates that behavioral science insights — research findings from fields such as behavioral economics and psychology about how people make decisions and act on them — can be used to design government policies to better serve the American people," reads the executive order released on Tuesday."

To read the full executive order, click here:

 https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/15/executive-order-using-behavioral-science-insights-better-serve-american