Federal Advisory Committee Act views of committee members and agencies on federal advisory committee issues : report to congressional requesters

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DIANE Publishing, 1998

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Page 25 - Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services...
Page 24 - In addition to the reported sampling errors, the practical difficulties of conducting any survey may introduce other types of errors, commonly referred to as nonsampling errors.
Page 18 - Waxman; the Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, House Government Reform Committee, Dennis J.
Page 24 - ... errors, commonly referred to as nonsampling errors. For example, difficulties in how a particular question is interpreted, in the sources of information that are available to respondents, or in how the data are entered into a database or were analyzed, can introduce unwanted variability into the survey results. We took steps in the development of the questionnaire, the data collection, and the data analysis to minimize these nonsampling errors. For example, social science survey specialists designed...
Page 1 - Thompson Chairman The Honorable John Glenn Ranking Minority Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate...
Page 22 - Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, House Committee on Government Reform; and Representative Constance A.
Page 49 - We agree with that and try very hard to have balanced committees. By that, I mean that a number will be academic physicians, who also practice medicine, but we try to have at least one member of the committee be a pharmacologist or a toxicologist or a statistician.
Page 5 - ... of advisory committees. To fulfill its responsibilities, GSA has developed regulations and other guidance to assist agencies in implementing FACA, has provided training to agency officials, and was instrumental in creating and has collaborated with the Interagency Committee on Federal Advisory Committee Management.
Page 26 - Introduction The US General Accounting Office (GAO), an independent agency of Congress, is conducting a review of management issues at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Page 26 - Furthermore, survey results will be reported in an aggregated, summary form, and any discussion of individual answers or comments will omit any information that could identify the respondent.

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