U.S. Geological Survey Peer Review Agenda
(Updated September 2008)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directive, Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review, dated December 16, 2004 (263 KB PDF), requires that there be a "systematic process of peer review planning" and access to a list of information products for official dissemination that will be peer reviewed as either influential scientific information or highly influential scientific assessments.
For those information products for official dissemination that will be peer reviewed as influential scientific information or highly influential scientific assessments, (as defined in the OMB directive), the USGS provides the following agenda of current OMB peer review plan entries.
Questions and comments regarding the USGS Peer Review Agenda may be directed to peer_review_agenda@usgs.gov.
The OMB peer review plan entries below will be updated as necessary to maintain currentness. Once peer review is complete for the influential information product, summary material related to the peer review that was conducted will also be posted. A link to or information about availability of the disseminated product will be included in the results document.
Influential Scientific Information |
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| Working Title | Peer Review Plan | Peer Review Summary Document |
| A Preliminary Investigation of the Quantity, Quality, and Potential of the Coal Resources of Afghanistan | PDF [17 KB] | To be posted upon completion of peer review |
| Investigation of the Correlation Between the Burning of Locally Mined Coal in Residential Stoves by Navajo People in New Mexico and Respiratory Disease | PDF [17.4 KB] | To be posted upon completion of peer review |
Highly Influential Scientific Assessments |
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| Working Title | Peer Review Plan | Peer Review Summary Document |
| Southeast Extension of the Southern Whidbey Island Fault, Washington: Implications for Earthquake Hazards | PDF [55 KB] | PDF [18 KB] |
| Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change | PDF [20 KB] | PDF [25 KB] |
| Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.2: Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes | PDF [14 KB] | PDF [26 KB] |
| Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.2: Thresholds of Climate Change on Ecosystems | PDF [20 KB] | To be posted upon completion of peer review |
The USGS requires peer review for all of its information products that contain scientific and technical information, whether published by the USGS or an outside entity (see SM 502.3 and SM 502.4). The USGS has a vigorous program of publishing the results of its scientific investigations and research in its own information products (see SM 1100.3) as well as in scientific journals and other outside publishing venues (see SM 1100.4). Information regarding archival requirements for maintaining records of peer reviewer comments is found in the USGS Records Disposition Schedule (see SM 432-1.S1, Chapter 1300, section 1301-03). The public may access information about USGS information products and may view and download many of them online through the Publications Warehouse at http://pubs.usgs.gov.
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