Ohio Department of Transportation : research management peer exchange report, October 3-6, 2006.

PDFTech ReportState departments of transportationPeer groupsResearch managementProgram managementProposalsEvaluationCustomersStakeholdersOhioOhio. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research and DevelopmentOhio. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research and DevelopmentNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYUS Transportation CollectionUnder 23 Code of Federal Regulations 420.209 (a)(7), as a condition for approval of FHWA planning andresearch funds for research activities, a State is required to conduct peer exchanges on a periodic basis.FHWA's Office of RD&T has administratively determined this to be every 3 years.The objective of the peer exchange program is to give State transportation agencies a means to improvethe quality and effectiveness of their research management processes. A peer exchange is a practical andeffective tool to foster excellence in research, development, and technology (RD&T) programmanagement that provides an opportunity for panelists to share best practices and managementinnovations with each other.The basic approach is to invite an outside panel of managers to meet with the host agency to discuss andreview its RD&T management process or a specific focus area. Information on the host agency\ue2\u20ac\u2122s policiesand procedures is shared with panel members in advance of the meeting. During the peer exchange, panelmembers may meet with managers, staff, stakeholders, and customers to gain further insight into the hostagency's program. The information gathered from the exchange is documented in a written report andpresented to agency management