28 CFR § 34.103 - Definition.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s34.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 34.103 - Definition."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "34.103"
section_name: "Definition."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "34"
part_name: "OJJDP COMPETITION AND PEER REVIEW PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5601 )."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 39234, Sept. 25, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "34"
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# 34.103 Definition.
*Peer review* means the technical and programmatic evaluation by a group of experts (other than officers and employees of the Department of Justice) qualified by training and experience to give expert advice, based on selection criteria established under subpart A of this part, in a program announcement, or as established by the Administrator, on the technical and programmatic merit of assistance.