Many government grant programs are reviewed by three people and then scores averaged in round 1. A number are tossed out during that round based on their scores. The ones tossed are then looked at by a government reviewer for concurrence with the first three pairs of eyes.
Just my past experiences with federal grants. Dave Hulsebus David E. Smith wrote: > Jack Unger wrote: > >> Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. >> > > Let's say I work for AT&T, and I'm volunteering to review BTOP/BIP > applications. I'm not allowed to review any application where any part > of the coverage area is in any state where AT&T offers service. What > possible reason would I have to give applications low scores just > because of the technology they use? > > That aside, the reviewers aren't the final step. A committee of several > reviewers reads an application, and each scores it independently, and > then the government itself looks over the applications some more. The > reviewers are basically a nonsense-filter, and don't have the authority > to single-handedly do much of anything. > > I can't go into too much detail because of confidentiality agreements, > but I'm pretty sure I couldn't crush an application even if I wanted to > (which means neither can anyone else). > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
