This guide covers specific types of potential risks related to serving as an expert witness and other consulting work, including legal issues, monetary concerns, and conflicts of interest.
This report describes the existing protections for scientific records, and their applications, in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
This guide covers things scientists can do to avoid putting themselves at risk when sending an open letter or signing a public petition.
The undersigned 136 organizations committed to good government principles across political affiliations are united by our desire for accountability for taxpayer-funded government activities. We support credible free speech rights for whistleblowers who expose fraud, waste of funds or abuse of authority in federal spending.
Most state and local officials worked tirelessly — often at risk to their own health and lives — to protect the public. But as was true at the federal level, senior state and local officials repeatedly failed to live up to the trust the public placed in them. Across the country, state and local leaders meddled in research and data and retaliated against experts in order to improve their political standing and cover up mismanagement.
On September 20, CSLDF participated in one of two virtual public listening sessions held by the U.S. National Science Foundation,…
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