About RIKI: Research Institute for Key Indicators Data Laboratory at Penn State University

I wanted to provide some background information about the Research Institute for Key Indicators Data Laboratory at Penn State University to many of you who might be new to the RIKI website blog. The focus of the institute is to do licensing and regulatory administration research utilizing the principles drawn from the relatively new regulatory science field in licensing measurement and monitoring systems as it relates to the human services. You will find a RIKINotes blog (250 posts and growing) and Selected Publications/Presentations/Tools (200+) on the website. Everything is downloadable in pdf format and it is all free. It may help you in your licensing job.

The institute is affiliated with the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State University; the National Association for Regulatory Administration; and Results for America.

Please feel free to download any materials you feel will help you in your efforts to improve services for your children and families that you serve. And please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions about any of the materials or if you have questions related to licensing measurement and monitoring systems at rfiene@rikinstitute.com. Also, please feel free to share anything you get with your colleagues in your respective agencies if you think they may find the information useful.

Thank you, Rick Fiene.