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Peer Review: EPA's Implementation Remains Uneven

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 24, 1996
Report No. RCED-96-236
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Summary:

Peer review is the critical evaluation of scientific and technical work products by independent experts. Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have said that peer review is an important mechanism for enhancing the quality, credibility, and acceptability of products that may ultimately form the basis of regulations and other key agency decisions. Properly implemented, peer review can also save money by steering product development along the most efficient, effective course, thereby avoiding costly and time-consuming delays. EPA's current policy, issued in June 1995, expands the agency's prior policies and practices and continues to stress that major scientific and technical work products should be peer reviewed. This report assesses EPA's (1) progress in implementing its peer review policy and (2) efforts to improve the peer review process.

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