In his lecture, entitled "Evidence-Based Practices and Information Use by American State Government Agencies: Pre-Recession Patterns and Post-Recession Expectations," Dr. Jennings elaborated on a survey conducted of US State Agencies. The purpose of the exercise was to determine whether agencies used evidence when developing or adopting new programs and to determine their main sources of information. His results show that there is usage of evidence-based practices, with information coming from four basic areas: political sources (government agencies & officials), professional/scientific sources (scientific studies/research), agency/client sources (internal staff or peer agencies) and sources of innovation (think tanks). Dr. Jennings is currently replicating his survey to determine whether the global financial crisis affected this evidence based practice. His research is important as there is an increasing call for evidence-based decision making to guide the implementation of projects and activities, thereby increasing effectiveness.