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Our new report, “How the Abuse of Congressional Oversight Powers Harms Science,” details the damaging ways Congress has abused its power over science. This misuse of congressional investigatory powers distracts from Congress’s crucial pro-science endeavors, contributes to false narratives about climate science, public health and other fields, and endangers scientists

Our model scientific integrity policy will help federal agencies and other research institutions adopt strong, comprehensive policies that protect science and scientists.

We created guides for these agencies because each one conducts, funds, or relies on scientific research. They all provide crucial information to the public and formulate policy. And they are all involved, to some degree, with climate research or climate policy. There are also cases of political interference and science being sidelined at each of them.

Participating in Political Activities: Guidelines for Federally Employed and Federally Funded Scientists will help researchers understand whether they can donate to a candidate, volunteer for a campaign, express their support for a candidate on social media, and engage in other political activities.

COVID-19 illuminates the crucial role scientists at university, state, and local laboratories in the United States and abroad play in protecting public health and safety. With this in mind, today we published a free resource for scientists that describes how these institutions generally structure their scientific integrity policies, what the policies cover, and the processes for enforcing them.

The guides will help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.

One of the most pernicious, ongoing anti-science actions is the abuse of state open records laws to target state university researchers and other publicly-funded scientists.

This guide helps scientists know what to expect—and what to safeguard against—when they agree to provide expert testimony to judges and juries.

Today we published two educational resources to help scientists safely and effectively speak up for science, and know what to do if they end up in political crosshairs.