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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2008)
Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP)
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)

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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin. She earned her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.


Terry F. Young is an independent consultant, working primarily on behalf of nonprofit environmental organizations. Her recent work includes the development of a system that uses economic incentives, including input pricing and tradable discharge permits, to control farm pollution in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Additional work includes development of ecologic indicators to track management and restoration of ecologic systems. Dr. Young has published on economic incentives for environmental protection, indicators of ecologic integrity, and market solutions for water pollution. She recently was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Region. Dr. Young is a member of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board and served as a member of the National Research Council committee to review EPA’s research-grants program. Dr. Young received her PhD in agricultural and environmental chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Front Matter (R1-R20)
Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1-2)
Summary (3-10)
1 Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act, the Program Assessment Rating Tool, and the Environmental Protection Agency (11-20)
2 Efficiency Metrics Used by the Environmental Protection Agency and Other Federal Research and Development Programs (21-37)
3 Are the Efficiency Metrics Used by Federal Research and Development Programs Sufficient and Outcome-Based? (38-51)
4 A Model for Evaluating Research and Development Programs (52-57)
5 Findings, Principles, and Recommendations (58-68)
Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (69-74)
Appendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop Summary (75-85)
Appendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Questions (86-89)
Appendix D: The Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic and Multi-year Planning Process (90-94)
Appendix E: Agency and Industry Efficiency Measures (95-108)
Appendix F: Draft Board of Scientific Counselors Handbook for Subcommittee Chairs: Draft Proposed Charge Questions for BOSC Reviews (109-112)
Appendix G: OMB's Research and Development Program Investment Criteria (113-118)
Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research (119-127)
Appendix I: PART Guidance on Efficiency Measures (128-132)