OMB Information Quality Peer Review Agenda

This site provides information on the independent peer review of documents defined by CDC as influential in terms of their potential impact on public policy or the private sector. CDC makes this information available to demonstrate its efforts to utilize only the most transparent and independent peer review, appropriate research methods, and the highest level of data quality. In addition, this information demonstrates CDC compliance with the specific requirements of the Information Quality Act (2000), 44 U.S.C. §3516, and of peer review standards developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). OMB requirements, described in the Peer Review Bulletin [PDF - 263KB], include making publicly available specific information on the peer review of influential documents disseminated by the federal government. OMB has defined two special categories of influential information, Influential Scientific Information (ISI) and Highly Influential Scientific Assessments (HISAs).

For issues related to the CDC Peer Review Agenda please contact:

Information Quality Peer Review Staff
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Science Quality
1600 Clifton Road, NE MS D-72
Atlanta, GA 30333
peer.review@cdc.gov

The following HISAs and ISI are under development or published in final form:

Highly Influential Scientific Assessments (HISA)

• Current Intelligence Bulletin: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
• Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposures to Diacetyl and 2, 3-pentanedione
• Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB): Derivation of Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) Values
• A Review of Information Published Since 1995 on Coal Mine Dust Exposures and Associated Health Outcomes
• NIOSH Skin Notation (SK) Profiles: Group A (22 Technical Reports)
• Criteria Document Update: Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium
• Criteria for a Recommended Standard: 1-Bromopropane
• Current Intelligence Bulletin: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide
• Current Intelligence Bulletin: Neurological Effects of Manganese Exposure to Welders

Influential Scientific Information (ISI)

• Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease from Dampness in Office Buildings, Schools, and other Nonindustrial Buildings
• Components for the Evaluation of Direct-Reading Monitors for Gases and Vapors
• Current Intelligence Bulletin: Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research
• NIOSH Alert: Preventing Beryllium Sensitization and Chronic Beryllium Disease
• NIOSH Update to the Hazardous Drug List (Appendix A)
• NIOSH Method 9106: Methamphetamine and illicit drugs, precursors, and adulterants on wipes by liquid-liquid extraction
• NIOSH Method 9109: Methamphetamine and illicit drugs, precursors, and adulterants on wipes by solid phase extraction
• NIOSH Method 9111: Methamphetamine on wipes by liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry
• Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways
• Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters when Fighting Fires in Unoccupied Structures
• Second National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition in the U.S. Population
• Toxicological Profile for 1,4-Dioxane
• Toxicological Profile for Acrylamide
• Toxicological Profile for Butadiene
• Toxicological Profile for Chlorine
• Toxicological Profile for Ethyl Benzene
• Toxicological Profile for Ethylene Glycol
• Toxicological Profile for Phosphate esters
• Toxicological Profile for RDX
• Toxicological Profile for Styrene
• Toxicological Profile for Toxaphene
• Toxicological Profile for Trichlorobenzenes
• Toxicological Profile for Uranium
• Recommendations for the Identification of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Persons Born from 1945 through 1965