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Committees of Visitors (COVs) |
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The
Basic Energy
Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) reviews the major elements of the BES
program annually using Committees of Visitors (COVs).
The first COV review of BES was conducted in 2002, and all
elements of the BES program have been reviewed once every
three years on a rotating schedule as shown in the table
below.
The Purpose of BES COVs.
Committees of Visitors are
charged with assessing the efficacy and quality of the
processes used to solicit, review, recommend, monitor, and
document proposal actions; the quality of the resulting
portfolio, specifically the breadth and depth of portfolio
elements and the national and international standing of the
elements; and progress toward the
BES long-term performance measures for the Government
Performance and Results Act. The latest OMB assessment for BES
was "effective," the details of which can be viewed at
ExpectMore.gov.
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BES Committees of Visitors: COV Reports and BES Responses. |
All documents are in
PDF format |
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Fiscal Year |
BES
Division* |
Dates of COV Reviews |
Dates of
COV Reports** |
Dates of BES
Responses |
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2010 |
SUF |
April 2010 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
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2009 |
MSE |
March 31April 2, 2009 |
July 9, 2009 |
August 17, 2009 |
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2008 |
CSGB |
April 2224,
2008 |
July 24 2008 |
August 11, 2008 |
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2007 |
SUF |
April 1517,
2007 |
July 31, 2007 |
August 23, 2007 |
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2006 |
MSE |
April 36, 2006 |
August 3, 2006 |
August 26, 2006 |
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2005 |
CSGB |
April 68, 2005 |
June 6, 2005 |
June 24, 2005 |
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2004 |
SUF |
March 910,
2004 |
August 5,
2004 |
December 6, 2004 |
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2003 |
MSE |
March 1718, 2003 |
May 28, 2003 |
October 20, 2003 |
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2002 |
CSGB |
Jan. 30Feb.1, 2002 |
March 25, 2002 |
July 22, 2002 |
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CSGB
Chemical Sciences,
Geosciences, and Biosciences
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MSE
Materials Sciences and
Engineering Division |
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SUF
Scientific User
Facilities Division |
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COV Reports: |
In addition to
the COV reports, the above PDF files
contain addenda that include COV
agendas, charge letters, and related BESAC presentations |
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The COV Process. Committees of Visitors
are subpanels of BESAC that operate under guidance from
the advisory committee. The COV reports are submitted to
BESAC for review and become BESAC reports in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act only after the COV reports
are adopted by the full committee. The advisory committee's
work is requested by the Director, Office of Science (SC-1),
and BESAC reports to SC-1. The
COV
review process within the DOE Office of Science is
governed by the Deputy Director for Science
Programs.
 Guidance
for DOE SC COV Reviews
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BES staff at DOE may find
these PDF files on the shared "Q" directory by clicking here.
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