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1 Introduction
Pages 21-26

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... OST uses various types of reviews (e.g., programmatic reviews, technical assessment reviews, peer reviews") in its technology selection process These peer reviews are termed "technical peer reviews" by OST.
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... OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM Several recent National Research Council (NRC) reports evaluated OST's technology selection process and recommended that OST develop an independent, external review process and apply it to all technology development programs.
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... report, which concluded that "although the lead sites used significantly different systems to select projects, none of them used disinterested reviewers to determine the technical merit of the proposed work" (GAO, 1996, p.7~. In response to these NRC and GAO reports, OST recently instituted a peer review program that uses the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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... STUDY PROCESS The committee was briefed on the newly instituted peer review program by DOE staff at six committee meetings and has reviewed the recently developed Implementation Guidance for the Office of Science and Technology Technical Peer Review Process (DOE, 1998b) , which documents OST's revised peer review procedures.
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... In the interim report, the committee examined broad issues and tried to offer constructive recommendations to assist OST in successfully implementing this program, focusing on how OST could most effectively establish the basic elements of a sound peer review process.
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... 2. Can the fundamental principles of peer review outlined in the committee's interim report be applied to other types of OST reviews?
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