Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Copyright -- OTHER REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP AND TALENT -- RESEARCH CONTINUITY AND BALANCE -- RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW -- 1 Evaluating Science at EPA -- THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AT EPA -- PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS OF SCIENCE AT EPA -- THIS NRC STUDY -- 2 Research Management at EPA -- THE ROLE OF ORD
THE 1995 REORGANIZATION OF ORDRESEARCH PLANNING -- Decision Making -- Dissemination and Technology Transfer -- Research Plans and Strategies -- Accountability -- Strategic Planning -- THE ORD LABORATORIES -- THE ORD CENTERS -- THE SCIENTIFIC WORK FORCE -- Continuity -- Bureaucracy -- Staff Development -- Recruitment -- Leadership -- 3 Peer-Review Practices at EPA -- PURPOSES AND BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- LIMITATIONS OF PEER REVIEW -- PEER-REVIEW POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AT EPA -- WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE PEER REVIEWED?
FORMS AND MECHANISMS OF PEER REVIEWSELECTION OF PEER REVIEWERS -- DOCUMENTATION AND RESPONSE TO PEER REVIEWS -- MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF PEER REVIEWS -- 4 Strengthening Science at EPA -- SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP AND TALENT -- RESEARCH CONTINUITY AND BALANCE -- RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW -- References -- Appendix BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND PEER REVIEW IN EPA