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Appendix I
Letter from James Coleman, Chair-NRC
Committee Sent to All Individual Sea
Grant Program Directors
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APPENDIX I 187
Ocean Studies Board
500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 752
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202 334 2714
Fax: 202 334 2885
www.dels.nas.edu/osb
March 28, 2005
Dear (director's name entered here):
As Chair of the new National Academies committee to evaluate the Sea
Grant review process I am writing to you to ask your assistance. In order
to fully address our charge, we need information and materials to inform
our process and give us input regarding the experiences of the state pro-
grams in the review process.
At the request of Congress, the Academies has named a committee to
assess new procedures adopted since the release of the 1994 NRC report,
and in particular examine such things as the effectiveness of those
changes, the effectiveness of program review procedures, and an assess-
ment of the usefulness and fairness of the metrics developed for program
evaluation. The full task statement is available at: http://dels.nas.edu/
osb/Seagrant.shtml.
I would like to request the following materials from your office:
· Any Final Evaluation Letters from NSGO
· PAT Reports from Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 (if available)
· Your response to the PAT reports
· Any Cycle 2 briefing materials you have available
In addition, I'd like you to consider the following questions, and send any
thoughts or estimates you have to the Academies at the address listed
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above, to the attention of Ms. Nancy Caputo. Please understand that any
materials that are shared with the committee will be included in a pub-
licly accessible file. If you have concerns regarding material you deem
sensitive please contact Jennifer Merrill, the study's director, at the phone
number above to discuss possible alternatives.
What do you believe is the primary goal of the four-year review?
Do you feel your program has improved as a result of the PAT and evalu-
ation process? If so, how?
Do you have any concerns about the current process you would care to
share with the committee?
How would you change the current evaluation process, and why?
If you've completed Cycle 2 of the PAT process, do you have an estimate
of the cost? Please try to give a breakdown of travel and meeting costs,
publication, and staff time estimates. (Cycle 1 cost estimates were com-
piled by the SGA and the committee will be accessing those estimates.)
On behalf of the committee, I'd like to thank you for taking the opportu-
nity to share your ideas and information with us. We are all looking
forward to working with you and hearing from you in the coming year
as we pursue our evaluation. If you should want additional information
on the project or have questions regarding your submissions, please
contact Jennifer Merrill at the address and phone given above, or at
jmerrill@nas.edu.
Best regards,
James M. Coleman
Chair, NRC Committee to Evaluate the Sea Grant Program Review
Process
Boyd Professor, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and
Mechanical College
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