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Government Accountability Project Calls for Framework on Scientific Integrity Policies and Practices at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
A Dozen Organizations Join Together in Support of Major Changes to Keep Politics Out of Scientific Reporting
WASHINGTON – Today, Government Accountability Project joined a dozen leading environmental, public health, watchdog, reproductive health, and whistleblower groups in sending a letter to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) regarding the Framework for Scientific Integrity Policies and Practices issued by OSTP in January 2023 with the goal of strengthening scientific integrity in U.S. federal government agencies.
The letter recommended a set of essential improvements to the proposed OSTP Framework, including that model policy and individual agency policies contain provisions that establish 1) transparent and explicit procedures for investigating allegations; 2) written policies that delineate scientists’ ability to communicate with the media and public about their area of expertise; 3) enforceable rules with penalties that hold all scientific integrity violators accountable—including political appointees; and 4) protections for scientists from retaliation when they engage in policy dissent against a scientific integrity infraction and do not meet the definition of a whistleblower.
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