Recommendation 2013-3 – Science in the Administrative Process promotes transparency in agencies’ scientific decision-making, including: articulation of questions to be informed by science information; attribution for agency personnel who contributed to scientific analyses; public access to underlying data and literature; and conflict of interest disclosures for privately funded research used by the agencies in licensing, rulemaking, or other administrative processes.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2013-3, Science in the Administrative Process, 78 Fed. Reg. 41357 (July 10, 2013).
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Over the last three decades, several authorities made recommendations for improving transparency in the use of science[1] in the administrative process.