[PDF] Evaluating Federal Research Programs eBook

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 1999-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309173272

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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 1999-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309064309

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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309170958

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As requested by Congress and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), this report assists federal agencies in crafting plans and reports that are responsive to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), OMB Guidance, and agency missions. Using a case study approach, the report identifies best practices used by individual agencies to evaluate the performance and results of their science and technology programs. The report takes into account individual agencies' missions and how science and technology programs and human resource needs are factored into agency GPRA plans. Specific applications of recommendations are included from COSEPUP's earlier report entitled Evaluating Federal Research Programs: Research and the Government Performance and Results Act.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309462754

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In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day public workshop on Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation. The workshop was organized to consider ways to bolster the integrity and protect the objectivity of the evaluation function in federal agenciesâ€"a process that is essential for evidence-based policy making. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2017-01-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309450012

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The medical research landscape in the United States is supported by a variety of organizations that spend billions of dollars in government and private funds each year to seek answers to complex medical and public health problems. The largest government funder is the National Institutes of Health (NIH), followed by the Department of Defense (DoD). Almost half of DoD's medical research funding is administered by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The mission of CDMRP is to foster innovative approaches to medical research in response to the needs of its stakeholdersâ€"the U.S. military, their families, the American public, and Congress. CDMRP funds medical research to be performed by other government and nongovernmental organizations, but it does not conduct research itself. The major focus of CDMRP funded research is the improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, or conditions that affect service members and their families, and the general public. The hallmarks of CDMRP include reviewing applications for research funding using a two-tiered review process, and involving consumers throughout the process. Evaluation of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Review Process evaluates the CDMRP two-tiered peer review process, its coordination of research priorities with NIH and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and provides recommendations on how the process for reviewing and selecting studies can be improved.

Author : Joseph S. Wholey
Publisher : Washington : Urban Institute
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,47 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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USA. Research results of a study of the federal system for the evaluation of social policy programmes - distinguishes four types of evaluation, viz. Programme impact, programme strategy, project evaluation and project rating, covers administrative aspects, organizational relationships between national level and local level, financial aspects and personneling, evaluation techniques, etc., and includes recommendations. Bibliography pp. 121 to 134.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 2008-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309116848

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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 : Susan D. Kladiva
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2001-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780756706876

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Includes testimony by Susan Kladiva, GAO. Discusses the dist. of awards, with special emphasis on the 25 co's. that have won the most awards. Discusses commercial potential as a factor taken into consideration by Fed. agencies when evaluating co's'. proposals. Includes a matter that may help to clarify the relative emphasis that agencies, in evaluating proposals, should give to a company's commercialization record as part of the goal of commercialization & to the program's other goals. Contains a recommendation that may help to strengthen the evaluation of the program's commercial outcomes in response to the Gov't. Performance & Results Act.

Author : Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 1999-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309517982

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The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), passed by Congress in 1993, requires that federal agencies write five-year strategic plans with annual performance goals and produce an annual report that demonstrates whether the goals have been met. The first performance reports are due in March 2000. Measuring the performance of basic research is particularly challenging because major breakthroughs can be unpredictable and difficult to assess in the short term. This book recommends that federal agencies use an "expert review" method to examine the quality of research they support, the relevance of that research to their mission, and whether the research is at the international forefront of scientific and technological knowledge. It also addresses the issues of matching evaluation measurements to the character of the research performed, improving coordination among agencies when research is in the same field, and including a human resource development component in GPRA strategic and performance plans.