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January Update: It’s Time to Repair the Damage to Federal Science
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Biden Memo on Scientific Integrity a Call to Strengthen Federal Agency PoliciesJanuary 28, 2021 CSLDF
A new Biden Administration memo aims to restore scientific integrity and bring science back into the federal decision-making processes.
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November Update: Our AGU Events, Restoring Scientific Integrity, and MoreNovember 25, 2020 CSLDF
Find out about our AGU events, how we're working to restore scientific integrity, and more in our November 2020 newsletter.
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Now We Rebuild and Reform Scientific IntegrityNovember 10, 2020 CSLDF
We’re relieved that a politician with a pro-science agenda was elected president of the United States. But bitter political divides remain, with widespread disinformation campaigns and anti-science sentiment. These rifts mean our work is far from done, and we need your help to rebuild, revamp, and enforce protections for scientific integrity
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Announcing Model Language for Scientific Integrity PoliciesSeptember 24, 2020 CSLDF
Our model scientific integrity policy will help federal agencies and other research institutions adopt strong, comprehensive policies that protect science and scientists.
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New Guides to the NIH, DHS, and Department of State Scientific Integrity PoliciesSeptember 10, 2020 Augusta Wilson
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.
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June Update: We’re in The New York Times, Scientific Integrity, and MoreJune 25, 2020 CSLDF
Lauren Kurtz, our director, is quoted in The New York Times on the challenges of combating attacks on science. Our pro bono client Maria Caffrey, a climate scientist who was forced out of her job at the National Park Service in 2019, was also interviewed.
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Why We’re Concerned About Scientific Integrity PoliciesJune 18, 2020 Augusta Wilson
Scientific integrity failures aren’t limited to issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic; they are distressingly pervasive in research institutions under the Trump administration.
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Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential TermJune 11, 2020 CSLDF
We’re one of the dozens of organizations working to advance good government, public health, and environmental, consumer, human, and civil rights, who today collectively released Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term. This series of memos provides concrete steps the next administration can take to restore a culture of scientific integrity across the federal government.
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COVID-19 Shows that Research Institutions Need Stronger Scientific Integrity PoliciesApril 30, 2020 CSLDF
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.
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The Trump Administration’s Response to COVID-19 Violates Scientific IntegrityMarch 13, 2020 CSLDF
The administration's handling of the pandemic violates key scientific integrity principles. As a result, science is undermined and our health is at risk.
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CSLDF Publishes Guides to Scientific Integrity at Nine Federal AgenciesMarch 3, 2020 CSLDF
The guides will help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.