Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 3 Summary; 4 1 Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act, the Program Assessment Rating Tool, and the Environmental Protection Agency; 5 2 Efficiency Metrics Used by the Environmental Protection Agency and Other Federal Research and Development Programs; 6 3 Are the Efficiency Metrics Used by Federal Research and Development Programs Sufficient and Outcome-Based?; 7 4 A Model for Evaluating Research and Development Programs; 8 5 Findings, Principles, and Recommendations; 9 Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 10 Appendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop Summary; 11 Appendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Questions; 12 Appendix D: The Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic and Multi-year Planning Process; 13 Appendix E: Agency and Industry Efficiency Measures; 14 Appendix F: Draft Board of Scientific Counselors Handbook for Subcommittee Chairs: Draft Proposed Charge Questions for BOSC Reviews; 15 Appendix G: OMB's Research and Development Program Investment Criteria; 16 Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research; 17 Appendix I: PART Guidance on Efficiency Measures