Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Paperback / softback
by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Policy and Global Affairs, Engineering, and Public Policy Committee on Science, Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmenta
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A new book from the National Research Council recommends changes in how the federal government evaluates the efficiency of research at EPA and other agencies.
Assessing efficiency should be considered only one part of gauging a program's quality, relevance, and effectiveness.
The efficiency of research processes and that of investments should be evaluated using different approaches.
Investment efficiency should examine whether an agency's R&D portfolio, including the budget, is relevant, of high quality, matches the agency's strategic plan.
These evaluations require panels of experts. In contrast, process efficiency should focus on "inputs" (the people, funds, and facilities dedicated to research) and "outputs" (the services, grants, publications, monitoring, and new techniques produced by research), as well as their timelines and should be evaluated using quantitative measures.
The committee recommends that the efficiency of EPA's research programs be evaluated according to the same standards used at other agencies.
To ensure this, OMB should train and oversee its budget examiners so that the PART questionnaire is implemented consistently and equitably across agencies. Table of ContentsFront MatterEvaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S.
Environmental ProtectionAgencySummary1 Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act, theProgram Assessment Rating Tool, and the Environmental ProtectionAgency2 Efficiency Metrics Used by the Environmental Protection Agencyand Other Federal Research and Development Programs3 Are the Efficiency Metrics Used by Federal Research andDevelopment Programs Sufficient and Outcome-Based?4 A Model for Evaluating Research and Development Programs5 Findings, Principles, and RecommendationsAppendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Evaluatingthe Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAppendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and DevelopmentPrograms at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop SummaryAppendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) QuestionsAppendix D: The Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic andMulti-year Planning ProcessAppendix E: Agency and Industry Efficiency MeasuresAppendix F: Draft Board of Scientific Counselors Handbook forSubcommittee Chairs: Draft Proposed Charge Questions for BOSCReviewsAppendix G: OMB's Research and Development Program InvestmentCriteriaAppendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/SafeProducts ResearchAppendix I: PART Guidance on Efficiency Measures
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- Pages:152 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:17/07/2008
- ISBN:9780309116848
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:152 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:17/07/2008
- ISBN:9780309116848
