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NSF - 1759 - Advisory Panel for Economics, Decision, and Management Sciences - Agency Authority

GENERAL INFORMATION

Committee Name	Advisory Panel for Economics, Decision, and Management Sciences	Agency Name	National Science Foundation
Fiscal Year	2001	Committee Number	1759
Original Establishment Date	10/1/1993	Committee Status	Terminated
Actual Termination Date	6/30/2001	Committee URL
Actual Merged Date		Presidential Appointments*	No
New Committee This FY	No	Max Number of Members*	Unlimited
Terminated This FY	Yes	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Acting Division Director, Social and Economic Sciences
Merged This FY		Designated Federal Officer Prefix	Mr.
Current Charter Date	6/30/1999	Designated Federal Officer First Name*	Daniel
Date Of Renewal Charter	6/30/2001	Designated Federal Officer Middle Name	H.
Projected Termination Date		Designated Federal Officer Last Name*	Newlon
Exempt From Renewal*	No	Designated Federal Officer Suffix
Specific Termination Authority		Designated Federal Officer Phone*	703-292-7270
Establishment Authority*	Agency Authority	Designated Federal Officer Fax*	703-292-9068
Specific Establishment Authority*	ADM IV-100	Designated Federal Officer Email*	dnewlon@nsf.gov
Effective Date Of Authority*	10/1/1993
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte
Committee Type*	Continuing
Presidential*	No
Committee Function*	Grant Review Committee

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Agency Recommendation*	Continue
Legislation to Terminate Required	No
Legislation Status
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	The Advisory Panel reviewed and evaluated 463 proposals in FY01. Each proposal on the average receives at least two written reviews by Panel members. The full committee discusses each proposal and usually makes a recommendation in one of four categories: Must Fund, Should Fund (if funds are available), Revise and Resubmit, and Do Not Fund. The full committee's deliberations are reported in a separate panel summary for each proposal. The Panel's recommendations are valued. When the Panel recommended funding at the highest priority (about 5% of the time) that recommendation was followed. When the Panel recommended a proposal be declined (more than 50% of the time), the recommendation almost always (more than 95% of the time) is followed. Often proposals are discussed by the Panel in parallel with subpanel meetings that group similar proposals together. The discussion in the full panel provides extremely useful comparisons across different lines of research and different research methods including quality, performance improvement, innovation and organizational change, implications for institutional educational reform and provides a concensus of industry and academic experts, when appropriate. The panel also provides a sounding board for new organizational ideas, research opportunities, and new initiatives. The Panel has played an extremely important role in the management of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Decision Making for Environmental Policy, and other large projects--providing very detailed advice on how to improve these projects.
How is membership balanced?*	The Panel consist of men and women in both industry and academia throughout the United States with expertise in math, statistics, physics, geography and economics, risk perception and management, management science and group decision making, judgement , individual decision making, quality, performance improvement, innovation and organzational change research.The panelists advice helped to evaluate the new trends in neurologically-based research,statistical analysis of the workforce, technical manufacturing-improvement oriented studies and the dissemination of information on new initiatives to the constituent research communities.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	The Advisory Panel met six times this year, four in the Spring and two in the Fall, to accommodate the number of proposals received by the Programs. The function of the advisory panel is essential to the operation of the Programs because the expert advice of the panelists cannot be obtained through the regular ad hoc review process.
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	Written reviews are not a substitute for Panel discussion and joint industry-academic panel discussions. The expert judgment and input to the merit review process is not available in other sources. The panel is critical to helping shape and nurture the rapidly developing science areas of economics, decision and management sciences and innovation and organizational change research.The members of the Panel are usually those researchers who currently are the most influential and prolific publishers in their subfields of research. The discussion among the Panel members (something that cannot be achieved without a Panel) adds coherence and consensus to the evaluation process. Indeed, given the broad array of proposals and the need to calibrate judgment in order to prioritize proposals, face-to-face discussions are critical to effective review.
Why close or partially close meetings?	To review proposals that included information or a proprietary or confidential nature, including technical information; financial data such as salaries; and personal information concerning individuals associated with the proposals.
Recommendation Remarks

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*		Action Reorganize Priorities*
Outcome Trust In Government		Action Reallocate Resources
Outcome Major Policy Changes		Action Issued New Regulations
Outcome Advance In Scientific Research		Action Proposed Legislation
Outcome Effective Grant Making		Action Approved Grants Or Other Payments
Outcome Improved Service Delivery		Action Other
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction		Action Comment
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements		Grants Review*
Outcome Other		Number Of Grants Reviewed
Outcome Comment		Number Of Grants Recommended
Cost Savings*		Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended
Cost Savings Comment		Grants Review Comment
Number Of Recommendations*		Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*
Number Of Recommendations Comment		Access Agency Website
% of Recs Fully Implemented*		Access Committee Website
% of Recs Fully Implemented Comment		Access GSA FACA Website
% of Recs Partially Implemented*		Access Publications
% of Recs Partially Implemented Comment		Access Other
Agency Feedback*		Access Comment
Agency Feedback Comment*		Narrative Description*

COSTS

1. Payments to Non-Federal Members*	$83,840.00	1. Est Paymnts to Non-Fed Membrs Nxt FY*	$0.00
2. Payments to Federal Members*	$0.00	2. Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
3. Payments to Federal Staff*	$13,924.00	3. Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*	$0.00
4. Payments to Consultants*	$0.00	4. Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
5. Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Membrs*	$19,346.00	5. Est Travel Reimb Non-Fed Membr nxtFY*	$0.00
6. Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*	$0.00	6. Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*	$0.00
7. Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*	$0.00	7. Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staf Nxt FY*	$0.00
8. Travel Reimb. For Consultants*	$0.00	8. Est Travel Reimb to Consltnts Nxt FY*	$0.00
10. Other Costs	$3,396.00	10. Est. Other Costs Next FY*	$0.00
11. Total Costs	$120,506.00	11. Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Date Cost Last Modified		Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*	0.00
Federal Staff Support (FTE)*	0.23	Est Cost Remarks
Cost Remarks

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No interest areas selected for this committee.

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