Scientific Integrity
On December 17, 2010, OSTP Director John P. Holdren issued a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on the subject of Scientific Integrity.
- Read the blog
- Read the December 17, 2010 Memorandum (pdf)
- Read the President's March 9, 2009 Memorandum
- Read sample communications policy language (pdf)
Scientific Integrity Workshop Documents:
- Department of Interior presentation (pdf)
- Federal Advisory Committee Membership Balance Plan (pdf)
- General Services Administration Guidance on Scientific Integrity (pdf)
- Participation in Professional Organizations: Ethics for Federal Employees (pdf)
The Department of the Interior was the first to release a scientific integrity policy after Dr. Holdren circulated his December 17, 2010, memorandum asking all agencies and departments to do so. Read it here.
Other final policies that have been made public to date include:
- Marine Mammal Commission (pdf)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (pdf)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (pdf)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Science Foundation (pdf)
- Environmental Protection Agency (pdf)
- US Department of Agriculture
- Food and Drug Administration
- Department of the Interior (pdf)
- Department of Health and Human Services (pdf)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (pdf)
- Department of Commerce (pdf)
- United States Agency for International Development (pdf)
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (pdf)
- Department of State (pdf)
- Department of Homeland Security (pdf)
- Department of Energy (pdf)
- Department of Transportation
Other draft policies that have been made public to date include:
- Department of Education (pdf)
- Department of Veteran Affairs (pdf)
- Department of Justice (pdf)
- Department of Labor (pdf)
