TAB Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee (PRAC)

• Chair: Jacek Zurada
• Charter: Refer to page 53 of the Technical Activities Board (TAB) Operations Manual (PDF, 840KB).
• Roster: Committee Members
• Contact Information: Committee Members and Supporting Staff
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NOTE: The PRAC does not conduct meetings that require agendas and minutes.

Review Schedule:

• 2011 - 2015 Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee (PRAC) Review Schedule (XLS, 44KB)

Review Documents:

PLEASE NOTE: Submit review reports as Microsoft Word documents. Please keep all the sections in order. Please do not omit any sections. Click to download the applicable template for your publication.

• Society/Council Template (DOC, 162KB)
• Template for new Society/Council Periodicals (DOC, 154KB)
• Multi-Society Template (DOC, 123KB)
• Template for new Multi-Sponsored Society/Council Periodicals (DOC, 123KB)

Process Documents:

• Technical Activities Board Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee Processes (PDF, 74KB)
• PRAC Process Timeline - Sample (PDF, 27KB) 

Contact Andrea Sadlowski if you have any questions or if you need an electronic copy of the reports.

The PRAC is charged with:

• ensuring the timeliness and quality of Technical Activities Board (TAB) publications;
• assessing proposals for new publications and making recommendations to TAB;
• resolving conflicts between Society/Technical Council on issues of publications;
• informing TAB on new developments in the area of publications;
• assessing and recommending to TAB annual charges for publications.

To carry out its responsibilities to TAB, and in particular to address the issues of timeliness and quality, the Periodicals Committee has instituted a five-year review of Society/Technical Council periodicals. New periodicals are reviewed within the first two years of launch date, and then every five years thereafter. 

The objectives of the Periodicals Review are to:

• examine timeliness and quality;
• assure that the publications comply with IEEE policies & procedures;
• assist the Society/Technical Council in enhancing self awareness of its publications;
• determine the financial health of the publications;
• provide suggestions for improvements;
• determine best practices to share with other Society/Technical Councils.

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