3.4: Committees of Visitors

Establish at least one Federal Advisory Committee for each of science program

Other Information:

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has established at least one Federal Advisory Committee for each of its science programs in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. These expert committees provide independent advice to the Director of the Office of Science on scientific and technical issues relating to the Offices of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics. Federal Advisory Committees manage Committees of Visitors (COV), which assess Office of Science programs on a regular basis. These sub-committees feature a panel of scientists and researchers, and every Office of Science program element must be reviewed by a COV panel every three years. As part of this review process, COV panels present assessment reports to the appropriate Federal Advisory Committee at a public meeting. Within 30 days of this submission, an associate director in the Office of Science provides a response to the review. Following review by the Federal Advisory Committee, the report is sent to the Director of the Office of Science and publicly released.

Stakeholder(s):

• Office of Science

Indicator(s):

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