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TECHNICAL INFORMATION POLICY AND GUIDE OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Citation:
U.S. EPA. TECHNICAL INFORMATION POLICY AND GUIDE OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. EPA/600/9-91/004, 1991.
Impact/Purpose:
publish information
Description:
One of the primary missions of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) is to generate technical information that is key to the protection of environmental quality. This information also influences national environmental policy. In this context, the way in which information is reviewed, packaged, and distributed is as important as the way in which it is developed. This policy and guide seeks to create a rational structure for ORD's technical information products, to relieve researchers of many of the burdens of report formatting and editing, and to reduce the cost and overhead associated with first-line printing and distribution of vital information. This document supersedes any technical information policy and procedures previously issued by ORD, and its contents are effective on receipt. ORD produces technical information products in three areas: (1) criteria documents, expert testimony, and other contributions to EPA's regulatory process; (2) journal articles, research reports, and scientific data, including computer models, to advance the state of knowledge, and (3) manuals and guides for environmental managers.