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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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. "Appendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop Summary." Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.

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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • For program review:

    • Aggregate R&D expenditures by laboratory group or identifiable programs and publish value capture or success rate for each annually.

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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)