IS THE GOAL BETTER SCIENCE, OR DELAYED SCIENCE?
The success and credibility of science are anchored in the willingness of scientists to expose ideas and results to peer review. But when the White House Office of Management and Budget announced plans to require government agencies to employ panels of experts to review the quality of science used in establishing regulations, scientists questioned the motives. The consistency with which the administration has bowed to the wishes of industry led to speculation that peer review panels would be stacked and used as just another tool to delay implementation of regulations.
