Poster
09-09-2003, 01:59 PM
The Bush Administration wants to be sure its agencies are correct before it issues or changes policies. White House Officials are proposing new independent peer reviews of agency findings. OMB will oversee the program, and may grant special waivers of peer review in some instances.
"The goal is fewer lawsuits and a more consistent regulatory environment," says John D. Graham, administrator of OMB's Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs.
Reports that will not be subject to oversight are sensitive intelligence documents as well as fiscal and statistical facts. Some regulatory bodies actually welcome the reviews as an opportunity to prove that their findings are independent of special interest bias.
“ACC also backs the proposals for peer reviewers' disclosure of their research funding sources. In that way, the public will know that industry or other groups are not somehow *******ing the process."
To learn more go to: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8136/8136notw1.html
"The goal is fewer lawsuits and a more consistent regulatory environment," says John D. Graham, administrator of OMB's Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs.
Reports that will not be subject to oversight are sensitive intelligence documents as well as fiscal and statistical facts. Some regulatory bodies actually welcome the reviews as an opportunity to prove that their findings are independent of special interest bias.
“ACC also backs the proposals for peer reviewers' disclosure of their research funding sources. In that way, the public will know that industry or other groups are not somehow *******ing the process."
To learn more go to: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/topstory/8136/8136notw1.html