IRAC Annual Plan (FY2005)
Continue from FY04:
- Presentations
- Continue presentations by agency representatives on current risk assessments.
- Continue presentations by member agencies on issues related to risk assessment.
- Continue presentations by invited speakers
- Work Group Projects
- Data Gaps Analysis
Continue to update/expand the Data Gaps Analysis worksheet as data gaps are filled and new gaps are identified.
Rank the data gaps (prioritize the "specific need")
Specify pertinent elements, e.g., products, parameters and ranges, to be investigated in research that addresses specific data gaps. -
Data Quality Guidelines
Plan to continue work on a more far-reaching document (of which the earlier five pager will provide a good introduction) to discuss issues in data quality, including methods to ensure quality, potential drawbacks, lessons learned, etc. This document will be based on the response to the questionnaires provided to the member agencies on their data quality practices.
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Peer Review
Complete discussion paper on regulatory peer review of risk assessments and post on clearinghouse RAC web site. Possibly hold a joint symposium with Data Utility and/or Data Quality work group(s).
- Risk-Risk
Develop a concept/discussion paper based on presentations by representatives from member agencies to speak at upcoming RAC meetings. This will hopefully allow us to (a) learn about important risk-risk issues that member agencies have previously dealt with, and, (b) determine how the risk-risk workgroup can help their agencies and whether there are specific needs or questions the agencies have regarding risk-risk issues.
- Data Utility
Consider a second workshop with the focus on statistical sampling.
Possibly develop a discussion paper on useful sampling strategies based on the two meetings to serve as a reference for member agencies.
- Data Gaps Analysis
- Public Meeting
Hold at least one public meeting in the late summer or early fall.