White House Seeks Further Comment on Revised Policy for Peer Review of Proposed Federal Rules

Faced with a swarm of criticism, much of it from academics, the Bush administration last week retooled its proposed guidelines for subjecting proposed federal regulations to peer review.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has said the guidelines will help improve the quality of science underlying federal regulations. However, the original guidelines, issued in August, drew criticism partly because of how they defined independent experts who should serve on these

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