Scientific Review Of The Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin From The Office Of Management And Budget

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309178884

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Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin Pdf

Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and they underlie many regulatory decisions. Last January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a draft bulletin for all federal agencies, which included a new definition of risk assessment and proposed standards aimed at improving federal risk assessments. This National Research Council report, written at the request of OMB, evaluates the draft bulletin and supports its overall goals of improving the quality of risk assessments. However, the report concludes that the draft bulletin is "fundamentally flawed" from a scientific and technical standpoint and should be withdrawn. Problems include an overly broad definition of risk assessment in conflict with long-established concepts and practices, and an overly narrow definition of adverse health effects-one that considers only clinically apparent effects to be adverse, ignoring other biological changes that could lead to health effects. The report also criticizes the draft bulletin for focusing mainly on human health risk assessments while neglecting assessments of technology and engineered structures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Civil defense
ISBN : 9781437903850

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Strengthening the Use of Risk Management Principles in Homeland Security: Highlights of a Forum by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2163 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780470035498

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Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment by Anonim Pdf

Leading the way in this field, the Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment is the first publication to offer a modern, comprehensive and in-depth resource to the huge variety of disciplines involved. A truly international work, its coverage ranges across risk issues pertinent to life scientists, engineers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, the finance industry, the military and practising statisticians. Drawing on the expertise of world-renowned authors and editors in this field this title provides up-to-date material on drug safety, investment theory, public policy applications, transportation safety, public perception of risk, epidemiological risk, national defence and security, critical infrastructure, and program management. This major publication is easily accessible for all those involved in the field of risk assessment and analysis. For ease-of-use it is available in print and online.

Author : William F. Funk,Jeffrey S. Lubbers,Charles Pou (Jr.)
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 1590319699

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Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook by William F. Funk,Jeffrey S. Lubbers,Charles Pou (Jr.) Pdf

This book provides explanations of the key procedural laws and presidential directives that apply across-the-board to federal agencies. It contains all the significant statutes, Executive Orders, memoranda, and other materials relating to the major aspects of administrative law and regulatory practice. In addition to the primary sources, this volume includes pertinent legislative history, bibliographies of related sources, and the editors' insightful commentary on each of the source documents.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : UCSD:31822037823796

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Science Under Siege by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309120463

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Science and Decisions by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA Pdf

Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. It has been instrumental to the mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as other federal agencies in evaluating public health concerns, informing regulatory and technological decisions, prioritizing research needs and funding, and in developing approaches for cost-benefit analysis. However, risk assessment is at a crossroads. Despite advances in the field, risk assessment faces a number of significant challenges including lengthy delays in making complex decisions; lack of data leading to significant uncertainty in risk assessments; and many chemicals in the marketplace that have not been evaluated and emerging agents requiring assessment. Science and Decisions makes practical scientific and technical recommendations to address these challenges. This book is a complement to the widely used 1983 National Academies book, Risk Assessment in the Federal Government (also known as the Red Book). The earlier book established a framework for the concepts and conduct of risk assessment that has been adopted by numerous expert committees, regulatory agencies, and public health institutions. The new book embeds these concepts within a broader framework for risk-based decision-making. Together, these are essential references for those working in the regulatory and public health fields.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000066761310

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Rulemaking Process and the Unitary Executive Theory by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Administrative procedure
ISBN : PSU:000061515963

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Amending Executive Order 12866 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Administrative regulation drafting
ISBN : MINN:31951D03119041V

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The Role of Science in Regulatory Reform by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090406508

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THE Role of Science in Regulatory Reform, Serial No. 111-23, April 30, 2009, 111-1 Hearing, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309120289

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Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis Pdf

The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and provide a foundation for future updates. This book identifies a number of fundamental concerns with the BTRA of 2006, ranging from mathematical and statistical mistakes that have corrupted results, to unnecessarily complicated probability models and models with fidelity far exceeding existing data, to more basic questions about how terrorist behavior should be modeled. Rather than merely criticizing what was done in the BTRA of 2006, this new NRC book consults outside experts and collects a number of proposed alternatives that could improve DHS's ability to assess potential terrorist behavior as a key element of risk-informed decision making, and it explains these alternatives in the specific context of the BTRA and the bioterrorism threat.

Author : John B. Stephenson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781437909920

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EPA Science: New Assessment Process Further Limits the Credibility and Timeliness of EPA's Assessments of Toxic Chemicals by John B. Stephenson Pdf

The EPA¿s Integrated Risk Info. System (IRIS) contains EPA¿s scientific position on the potential human health effects of exposure to more than 540 chemicals. Toxicity assessments in the IRIS database constitute the first two critical steps of the risk assessment process. Thus, IRIS is a critical component of EPA¿s capacity to support scientifically sound environmental decisions, policies, and regulations. This testimony discusses: (1) highlights of a report, ¿Chemical Assessments: Low Productivity and New Interagency Review Process Limit the Usefulness and Credibility of EPA¿s IRIS:¿; (2) key aspects of EPA¿s revised IRIS assessment process; and (3) progress EPA has made in completing assessments in FY 2008. Charts and tables.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : PSU:000058933558

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Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Pdf

Author : Stuart Shapiro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784714765

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Analysis and Public Policy by Stuart Shapiro Pdf

How do we incorporate analytical thinking into public policy decisions? Stuart Shapiro confronts this issue in Analysis and Public Policy by looking at various types of analysis, and discussing how they are used in regulatory policy-making in the US. By looking at the successes and failures of incorporating cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and environmental impact assessment, he draws broader lessons on its use, focusing on the interactions between analysis and political factors, legal structures and bureaucratic organizations as possible areas for reform. Utilizing empirical and qualitative research, Shapiro analyzes four different forms of analysis: cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, environmental impact assessment, and impact analysis. After interviewing nearly fifty individuals who have served in high levels of government, and who have made countless regulatory policy decisions in their careers, Shapiro argues that advocates must become less ambitious and should craft requirements for simpler and clearer analysis. Such analysis, particularly if informed by public participation, can do a great deal to improve government decisions. As this book details the relationship between analysis and institutional factors such as politics, bureaucracy, and law, it is appropriate for a variety of readers, such as scholars of policy, students, scholars of regulation, and congressional and state legislative staff looking to create new analytical requirements.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000058944790

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Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project for the 21st Century by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Pdf