Evaluating research efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453727803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-76731-X; 9786611767310; 0-309-11685-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (151 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.70561
• Soggetti: Research - United States - Evaluation; Federal government - United States; Administrative agencies - United States - Management - Evaluation; Science and state - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Review Participants""; ""Contents""; ""Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act, the Program Assessment Rating Tool, and the Environmental Protection Agency""; ""2 Efficiency Metrics Used by the Environmental Protection Agency and Other Federal Research and Development Programs""; ""3 Are the Efficiency Metrics Used by Federal Research and Development Programs Sufficient and Outcome-Based?""; ""4 A Model for Evaluating Research and Development Programs""""5 Findings, Principles, and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection ; Agency""; ""Appendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop Summary""; ""Appendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Questions""; ""Appendix D: The Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic and Multi-year Planning Process""; ""Appendix E: Agency and Industry Efficiency Measures""""Appendix F: Draft Board of Scientific Counselors Handbook for Subcommittee Chairs: Draft Proposed Charge Questions for BOSC Reviews""; ""Appendix G: OMB's Research and Development Program Investment Criteria""; ""Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research""; ""Appendix I: PART Guidance on Efficiency Measures""