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Enhancing the Quality and Objectivity of Scientific Information

To improve the quality and objectivity of the scientific information we use to make decisions, the Fish and Wildlife Service will implement a more structured “peer review” process for influential scientific information and highly influential scientific assessments, per OMB Bulletin on Peer Review, “Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review,” (PDF, 263 KB) released December 16, 2004.

Part of the peer review process is to provide information on the Web about how each peer review is to be conducted, as described in this checklist.

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Peer Review Agenda

We have identified the following documents as meeting the OMB criteria of peer review for influential scientific information. Click on a title to get more information about that document and the peer review process we have set up for it. This list will be updated as necessary.

	In Progress
Posting Date	Draft Document Title	Status
11/4/16	Proposed rule to list the i'iwi as a threatened species	In Progress
9/9/15	12-month finding on a petition to delist the Southern Selkirk Mountains Population of Woodland Caribou and proposed rule to amend the listing	In Progress
8/1/2014	Proposed rule to Reclassify the Borax Lake Chub from Endangered to Threatened	In Progress
	Recently Completed
Posting Date	Draft Document Title	Status
9/9/15	Proposed rule to List 49 Species on the Hawaiian Islands as Endangered	Completed: Final Rule
9/10/14	Proposed rule to Remove the Oregon Chub from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife	Completed; Final Rule
9/10/14	Proposed rule to Reclassify the Columbian White-tailed Deerfrom Endangered to Threatened, and a proposed 4(d) Rule	Completed:  Final Rule