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Ted Kniker Appointed Examiner for 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
FederalTimes.com Interviews Ted Kniker, FCG's PART Expert, Oct. 9, 2006
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Ted Kniker, Executive Consultant
Ted is an executive consultant with nearly 20 years experience in government. He is an expert in developing internal evaluation and monitoring capabilities and creating performance metrics and program evaluation strategies for hard to measure programs.
He is also an expert in the OMB Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) and is a frequent and popular presenter on PART, performance measurement and evaluation. Several senior executives have noted Ted’s ability to explain planning and results measurement processes and methods in an easy-to-understand, non-threatening way. Ted has been recognized by President Bush for his contributions in budget and performance integration.
Prior to joining FCG, Ted was the Chief of Evaluation and Performance Measurement for the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and a senior advisor on measurement to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy from 1998 to 2006. Under his leadership, his evaluation office was recognized as a best practice and achieved the highest international affairs score on the OMB Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Ted also conceptualized and developed an integrative online performance measurement system that OMB recommended be used for all government exchange programs.
From 1992 through 1997, he served as the Senior Program Manager for European Academic Exchanges where he managed nearly 20 higher education exchange programs with the New Independent States, including fellowships for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty/researchers. Several of those programs served as models for the State Department’s recent development of exchanges for the Middle East. Ted entered public service through the former United States Information Agency in 1989 as a Presidential Management Fellow, and specialized in introducing quality management principles and practices to the offices he served.
Ted received his Master's degree in International Relations from George Washington University and his B.A. in political science from Grinnell College. In 2000, he obtained a certification as a Management Planning and Analysis Specialist in 2000 and in 2004 graduated from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School’s Executive Potential Program. In 2004, he was appointed to the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Contact Ted at (202) 504-3654 or Ted.Kniker@bpd.treas.gov
Last Updated:May 30, 2007
