Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research
Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research
Pages 119-127
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The BOSC's evaluation and recommendations will provide guidance to the Office of Research and Development to help: • plan, implement, and strengthen the program; • compare the program with programs designed to achieve similar outcomes in other parts of EPA and in other federal agencies; • make research investment decisions over the next five years; • prepare EPA's performance and accountability reports to Congress under the Government Performance and Results Act; and • respond to assessments of federal research programs such as those conducted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB highlights the value of recommendations from independent expert panels in guidance to federal agencies)
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For ORD's environmental research programs, periodic retrospective analysis at intervals of four or five years is needed to characterize research progress, to assess how clients are applying research to strengthen environmental decisions, and to evaluate client feedback about the research. Conducting program evaluations at this interval enables assessment of: research progress, the scientific quality and decision-making value of the research, and whether research progress has resulted in short-term outcomes for specific clients.
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The SP2 Research Program specifically addresses OPPTS' high priority research needs that are not addressed by any of ORD's other research programs. The research program is focused on three Long Term Goals: Long Term Goal 1: OPPTS and/or other organizations use the results of ORD's research on methods, models, and data as the scientific foundation for: A)
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Comparison of potential benefits is conducted from a scientific perspective through coordinating and collaborating with other research programs, participating at national and international scientific for a, and keeping abreast of state of the science. EPA's SP2 program includes many areas that are of unique importance in helping OPPTS meet its legislative mandates, such as requiring industry to submit data on pesticides, toxic substances, and products of biotechnology.
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Factors to consider: the degree to which the research is driven by EPA priorities; the degree to which this research program has had (or is likely to have) an impact on Agency decisionmaking; and the extent to which research program scientists participate on or contribute to Agency workgroups and transfer research to program and regional customers.
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Factors to consider: the impact and use of research results by EPA program and regional offices and other organizations; the degree to which peer reviewed publications from this program are cited in other peer reviewed publications, the immediacy with which they are cited, and their impact factor; the processes used to peer review intramural research designs and products (e.g., division-level or product-level reviews by independent panels) ; and the processes used in the competitive extramural grants program.
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enhancing the interpretation of data to improve human health and ecological risk assessments, and 3) making decisions regarding specific individual or classes of high priority pesticides and toxic substances.
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Programs meet expectations in terms of addressing the appropriate scientific questions to meet its goals, and that work products are being produced and milestones are being reached in a timely manner. The quality of the science being done is competent or better.
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Board of Scientific Counselors, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
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