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Federal Research: DOE Is Providing Independent Review of the Scientific Merit of Its Research

RCED-00-109 Published: Apr 25, 2000. Publicly Released: May 30, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) merit review practices, focusing on: (1) what procedures DOE has established for performing merit reviews; and (2) whether DOE could document that it has followed the merit review procedures it has established.

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