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Evaluation Reports and Newsletters/Journals
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This section features a variety of reports and publications including evaluations of selected EPA programs, innovative pilot projects and other evaluation-related topics written by EPA and other external authors. The documents included in this section do not represent a comprehensive inventory of evaluation documents. The examples of completed evaluations are included to help foster learning and information exchange related to designing, focusing and conducting an evaluation. This page links to a number of on-line reports, and files that are in a PDF format. Reports are presented here alphabetically by office/organization.
Internal Reports | External Reports | Newsletters/Journals
INTERNAL REPORTSOffice of Air and Radiation
- Timely Issuance of Permit Renewals and Significant Permit Modifications Under Title V: An Evaluation of the Permit Issuance Process (February 2007) (PDF 101 pages; 972 KB)
- An Evaluation of OAR's Tribal Air Program (June 2002)
- Evaluation
of Implementation Experiences with Innovative Air Permits: Results of
the U.S. EPA Flexible Permit Implementation Review
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
- Evaluation Strategy for the PrintSTEP Pilot Projects
Office of Environmental Justice
- Towards
an Environmental Justice Collaborative Model: Evaluating the Use of
Partnerships to Address Environmental Justice Issues (January 2003)
- Toward
an Environmental Justice Collaborative Model: Case Studies of Six Partnerships
Used to Address Environmental Justice Issues in Communities
(January 2003)
- The Barrio Logan Partnership: A Case Study (January 2003)
- The Bridges to Friendship Partnership: A Case Study (January 2003)
- The Metlakatla Peninsula Cleanup Partnership: A Case Study (January 2003)
- The Metro East Lead Collaborative: A Case Study (January 2003)
- The New Madrid Tri-Community Partnership: A Case Study (January 2003)
- The ReGenesis Partnership: A Case Study (January 2003)
Office of International Affairs
• An
Evaluation of OIA's Safe Drinking Water Program in Central America
Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation
- Analysis
and Evaluation of the EPA Common Sense Initiative (July 1999)
- Evaluation
of Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP) Projects: Accomplishments
and Lessons Learned (March 2003)
- Project XL 2001 Comprehensive Report (December 2001)
- Project XL 2000 Comprehensive Report (November 2000)
- Project XL 1999 Comprehensive Report (October 1999)
- Project XL Preliminary Status Report: An Evaluation of Projects in Implementation (September 1998)
- Project XL 2000 Progress Reports
- Project XL 1999 Progress Reports
- Project XL Stakeholder Involvement Evaluation (October 2000)
- Evaluation of Project XL Stakeholder Processes (Resolve, Inc. - Executive Summary; September 1998)
- Evaluation of Project XL Stakeholder Processes (Resolve, Inc. - Final Report; September 1998)
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of the EPA Pollution Prevention Information Grant Program (PDF 204 pages; 1.54MB)
- Evaluation of the U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Reregistration Process: Opportunities for Efficiency and Innovation (PDF 86 pages; 595KB)
- Summary of the External Review of the Office of Pesticide Program's Product Reregistration Process (PDF 4 pages; 53KB)
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- Evaluation of Results from EPA's Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (PDF 67 pages; 315 KB)
- Evaluation of the Intragency Open Dump Cleanup Project for Tribes (PDF 87 pages; 1.27 MB)
- Program Evaluation: An Internal Review of Procedures for Community Involvement in Superfund Risk Assessments (PDF 58 pages; 367 KB)
- Evaluation of Three RCRA Regulations Designed to Foster Increased Recycling (PDF 130 pages; 557 KB)
- Pay
as You Throw: Lessons Learned
- Waste Wise Results
Office of Water
- EPA Water Quality Trading Evaluation (PDF 90 pages, 572K)
- Program Evaluation of Wetland Program Development Grants (PDF 29 pages, 327K) (Appendix 1 (PDF 13 pages, 72K), Appendix 2 (PDF 10 pages, 173K), Appendix 3 (PDF 3 pages, 85K).
- Evaluation of the Tribal General Assistance Program (GAP) (PDF 118pp, 818K)
- Tribal GAP Cover Memo (PDF 4 pp, 223K)
- 1999
National Program Evaluation of the Wastewater Operator 104(g) (1) Training
Program (April 2000)
- An
Assessment of the Water Quality Standards Development and Review Process
(October 2000) (PDF 83 pages, 635KB)
- EMS Pilot Project Initiative for Local Government Entities (January 2000)
- Evaluation of State and Regional Water Quality Monitoring Councils
- Evaluation of Statewide Watershed Management Approaches
- Developing Effective Non-Point Source TMDLs: An Evaluation of the TMDL Development Process (PDF 57 pp, 287K) Appendicies (PDF 152 pp, 671K)
Region 1
- Evaluation of EPA New England's EMS Pilot Efforts for K-12 Schools (PDF format; 80 pages, 1.3MB)
- Project in Excellence and Leadership: New England Universities' Laboratories Mid-Term Evaluation: Piloting Superior Environmental Performance in Labs (April 2002)
- Evaluation
of EPA New England's Colleges and University Initiative
Region 8
- Evaluation of the Environmental Partnership Between the National Park Service Intermountain Region and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 & Attachments
Region 9/OAR
- Executive Summary to the Evaluation of Air Toxics Monitoring in EPA Region 9 (PDF; 15 pages, 696K)
- Evaluation of Air Toxics Monitoring in EPA Region 9
- Report (PDF; 97 pages, 1.61MB)
- Fact Sheet (PDF; 3 pages, 120K)
- An Evaluation of the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Regional Clean Air Incentives Market: Lessons in Environmental Markets and Innovation (November 2002)
Region 10/Oregon
- Measuring the Toxics Use and Waste Reduction Assistance Program (TUWRAP)'s Influence: Final Report (PDF 64 pages; 406K )
- Measuring TUWRAP's Influence: Appendices (PDF 70 pages; 1.71MB)
General Accounting Office Reports
- Program Measurement and Evaluation: Definitions and Relationships, [GGD-98-26]
- Designing Evaluations (March 1991), [GAO/PEMD-10.1.3]
- Case Study Evaluation (November 1990),[GAO Transfer Paper 101.9]
- Environmental Protrection: Challenges Facing EPA's Efforts to Reinvent Environmental Regulation (1998)
- Program Evaluation: Agencies Challenged by New Demand for Information on Program Results (April 1998), [GGD-98-53]
- Program Evaluation: Improving the Flow of Information to the Congress (January 1995), [PEMD-95-1]
- Managing for Results: Measuring Program Results That are Under Limited Federal Control (December 1998), [GAO/GGO-99-16]
-
Program
Evaluation: Studies Helped Agencies Measure or Explain Program Performance (September 2000), [GAO-GGD-00-204]
- National
Environmental Performance Partnership System (June 1999), [GAO/RCED-99-171]
- Program Evaluation: Strategies for Assessing How Information Dissemination Contributes to Agency Goals (September 2002), [GAO-02-923] New
- Program Evaluation: An Evaluation Culture and Collaborative Partnerships Help Build Agency Capacity (May 2003), [GAO-03-454]
National Academy of Public Administration
- Learning from Innovations in Environmental Protection (2000)
- Resolving the Paradox of Environmental Protection (1995)
- Setting Priorities, Getting Results: A New Direction for EPA (1995)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Practical Evaluation for Public Managers: Getting the Information You Need (PDF), (November 1994)
- Technical Assistance Guides for Conducting Program Evaluation Inspections (Copies can be obtained by calling 202-691-0480)
- DHHS Program Evaluation Abstracts
Abstracts of over 7,000 studies are accessible.
- Gateway to International Best Practices and Innovations
- AEA Publications
- Elsevier Planning and Program Evaluation
- Western Michigan University Newsletter - Evaluation for Learning