Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Review Participants -- Contents -- Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Summary -- 1 Introduction: The Government Performance and Results Act, the Program Assessment Rating Tool, and the Environmental Protection Agency -- 2 Efficiency Metrics Used by the Environmental Protection Agency and Other Federal Research and Development Programs -- 3 Are the Efficiency Metrics Used by Federal Research and Development Programs Sufficient and Outcome-Based? -- 4 A Model for Evaluating Research and Development Programs -- 5 Findings, Principles, and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Biographic Information on the Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Appendix B: Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the Environmental Protection Agency: Workshop Summary -- Appendix C: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Questions -- Appendix D: The Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic and Multi-year Planning Process -- Appendix E: Agency and Industry Efficiency Measures -- Appendix F: Draft Board of Scientific Counselors Handbook for Subcommittee Chairs: Draft Proposed Charge Questions for BOSC Reviews -- Appendix G: OMB's Research and Development Program Investment Criteria -- Appendix H: Charge to the BOSC Subcommittee on Safe Pesticides/Safe Products Research -- Appendix I: PART Guidance on Efficiency Measures.