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Title Evaluating federal research programs : research and the Government Performance and Results Act / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 80 pages))
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed January 21, 2020)
Subject United States. Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.
SUBJECT United States Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (United States) fast
Subject Research -- United States -- Evaluation
Engineering -- Research -- United States -- Evaluation
Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation
Research.
Research
Government Agencies
Program Evaluation
Strategic Planning
research (function)
REFERENCE -- Research.
Research
Administrative agencies -- Management -- Evaluation
Engineering -- Research -- Evaluation
Research -- Evaluation
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.), issuing body.
ISBN 0585058547
9780585058542
9786612083716
6612083719