Author: Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.). Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Quality Research and Development
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Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Federal Council for Science and Technology (États-Unis). Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Quality Research and Development
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Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.). Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Quality Research and Development
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Category : Environmental engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309178193
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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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.

Author: Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
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Category : Environmental impact analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309458579
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Environmental research has driven landmark improvements that led to the protection of human and ecosystem health. Recognizing the value of knowledge generated by environmental research and the ingenuity within academic and nonprofit institutions, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a program known as Science to Achieve Results, or STAR, in 1995. STAR is EPA's primary competitive extramural grants program. A Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results Research Program assesses the program's scientific merit, public benefits, and overall contributions in the context of other relevant research and recommends ways to enhance those aspects of the program. This report also considers the conclusions and recommendations of a prior National Research Council review of the STAR program (2003), the STAR program's research priorities in light of the nation's environmental challenges, and the effects of recent STAR funding trends on obtaining scientific information needed to protect public health and the environment.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government
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Category : Environment
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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This report addresses the research and development (R&D) organizations and the decision-making processes that the Federal Government needs to enable it to work toward national and global environmental objectives. It is essential that these programs be well organized, adequately funded, and closely linked with the policy-making process. The report suggests that there are many excellent scientists and engineers in the federal research system, but they are operating within organizations and under a set of priorities that are directed more toward the problems of the past than the problems of today and tomorrow. The Commission asserts that the complex environmental problems of today require a restructuring of the federal environmental R&D system and the redirection of many of its programs to a new set of priorities. The report discusses over a dozen federal departments and agencies that conduct environment-related R&D and the need for a more dynamic, interrelated organizational structure and more effective assessment and policy-making processes. A variety of suggestions are presented for improving the R&D programs of individual departments and agencies, and among other measures, strengthening and streamlining R&D infrastructure, providing strong leadership, encouraging multidisciplinary research efforts, and improving coordination among research programs. A recommendation "To Improve Educational Programs in the Environmental Sciences" appears in the section on "Building a Strong Intellectual Base" (Chapter 7). The appendixes contain a review of federal environmental R&D programs and biographies of the task force members responsible for this report. (Contains 117 references.) (MCO)

Author: Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
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Category : Engineering and state
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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