AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress

AAAS Policy Brief: Peer Review

Issue Summary | Resources

Articles

• Washington Post
• New Atlantis

Public Comments on OMB's Peer Review Guidelines

• Association of American Universities (AAU)
• National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)
• Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
• OMB Watch
• Letter from several members of the House of Representatives: Henry Waxman (D-CA), John F. Tierney (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Mark Udall (D-CO), Brian Baird (D-WA), and Michael M. Honda (D-CA).

OMB Documents

• OMB's Proposed Bulletin on Peer Review
• OMB's Revised Bulletin on Peer Review
• OMB's Final Bulletin on Peer Review

Policy Groups

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce website on Peer Review.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest Plenary Debate on Peer Review.

AAAS Resources

• AAAS Resolution on the OMB Proposed Peer Review Bulletin.
• "White House Softens Disputed Peer-Review Plan" from Science Magazine

Updated April 11, 2005