The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) appears unwilling to allow a sober and unhurried review of their revised proposal for government-wide peer review requirements. The revised proposal was published in the Federal Register April 28 with only a 30-day public comment period that is scheduled to end May 28. OMB rejected a request from various public interest groups for a 60-day extension to the public review period. OMB proposes to establish a government-wide set of requirements for when and how federal agencies use scientific peer review. The policy includes very restrictive provisions for the most influential scientific information, restrictions that could delay and dilute the scientific studies most important to protecting public health and safety. After receiving strong opposition for its original peer review proposal from scientists, environmentalists, and public interest groups, OMB significantly revised the proposal. Given the many substantive changes that have been made to the document, a longer period of time is necessary to enable the public, including interest groups and scientists, to fully review and consider the complex proposal. The original peer review proposal attracted a great deal of attention from scientists, academics and former regulators. For many, analyzing government policies is not their primary responsibility. They have research deadlines, classes to teach, businesses to run and a review period longer than one month seems essential to obtain their useful input, particularly since these guidelines may have significant policy impact. However, OMB claims that an extension is unnecessary because those persons interested in the proposal are already familiar with it from the first review. OMB has also rejected a request signed by various public interest groups that the revised peer review proposal undergo a 120-day interagency review process. Federal agencies have extensive experience with scientific information, peer review and the regulatory process. It is essential that OMB consider these agencies' opinions during the development of a government-wide peer review policy. OMB recognized the importance of agencies' feedback during the review of the original draft Peer Review Bulletin and undertook a separate comment process specifically for federal agencies. Even though the revised proposal does not have an explicit process to elicit feedback from agencies, as the original proposal had, OMB claims that it "continues to engage the agencies."