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From page 1... ... The panel was charged to consider means of assessing the following, in a manner that satisfies the requirements of NIST to perform effective assessments but also identifies assessment methods that can be applied selectively to other R&D organizations:  Technical merit and quality of the science and engineering work  The adequacy of the resources available to support high-quality work  The effectiveness of the agency's delivery of the services and products required to fulfill its goals and mission and to address the needs of its customers  The degree to which the agency's current and planned R&D portfolio supports its mission  The elements of technical management that affect the quality of the work  The extent to which the agency is accomplishing the impact it intends  The agency's flexibility to respond to changing economic, political, social, and technological contexts As one means of data gathering, among others that the panel is performing toward development of a final report of its findings, the panel organized a planning committee for a workshop on best practices in assessment of R&D organizations. The workshop was conducted at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... Sommerer, Head, Space Sector, and Johns Hopkins University Gilman Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory;  J Stephen Rottler, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President for Science and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories;  William F Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... McGee, director of the NRC's Laboratory Assessments Board, summarizes each of the six presenters' talks. In Chapter 3, the questions raised by the discussion groups are organized according to elements of the statement of task of the Panel for Review of Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations. Read the entire page →

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... The panel was charged to consider means of assessing the following, in a manner that satisfies the requirements of NIST to perform effective assessments but also identifies assessment methods that can be applied selectively to other R&D organizations:  Technical merit and quality of the science and engineering work  The adequacy of the resources available to support high-quality work  The effectiveness of the agency's delivery of the services and products required to fulfill its goals and mission and to address the needs of its customers  The degree to which the agency's current and planned R&D portfolio supports its mission  The elements of technical management that affect the quality of the work  The extent to which the agency is accomplishing the impact it intends  The agency's flexibility to respond to changing economic, political, social, and technological contexts As one means of data gathering, among others that the panel is performing toward development of a final report of its findings, the panel organized a planning committee for a workshop on best practices in assessment of R&D organizations. The workshop was conducted at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012.

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... Sommerer, Head, Space Sector, and Johns Hopkins University Gilman Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory;  J Stephen Rottler, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President for Science and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories;  William F

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... McGee, director of the NRC's Laboratory Assessments Board, summarizes each of the six presenters' talks. In Chapter 3, the questions raised by the discussion groups are organized according to elements of the statement of task of the Panel for Review of Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations.

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