ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERALLY CHARTERED ADVISORY BOARDS: LESSONS LEARNED SPECTRUM 2002: 9TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SESSION TOPIC 3.5: STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION MAKING

摘要

This paper identifies lessons learned over the coursernof five years experience with the U.S. Department ofrnEnergy (DOE) Site Specific Advisory Board program asrnwell as implications for enhancing the program’srneffectiveness. The authors are the facilitator, a staffrnsupport person, and the past chairman of a boardrnchartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act tornprovide advice to DOE on its environmental cleanuprnprogram at the Idaho National Engineering andrnEnvironmental Laboratory. They conclude that advisoryrnboards provide a unique opportunity for federal agenciesrnto solicit and receive public input, and that a renewedrncommitment to DOE’s Public Participation Policy wouldrnimprove their effectiveness.