The goal of the Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice is to assist agencies across the Federal Government as they take next steps together to strengthen, implement, and institutionalize scientific integrity policy, practice, and culture.
Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a roadmap that will help strengthen scientific integrity policies and practices across the federal government.
The framework requires all agencies to designate a scientific integrity official, and agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee research to designate a chief science officer, and it establishes the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Scientific Integrity to oversee implementation of the framework, and evaluate agency progress.
This framework builds on the assessment of federal scientific integrity policies and practices described in the January 2022 report, Protecting the Integrity of Government Science, and draws from extensive input from federal agencies, as well as from across sectors, including academia, the scientific community, public interest groups, and industry. It has several key components that federal departments and agencies will use to improve scientific integrity policies and practices, including:
- A consistent definition of scientific integrity for all federal agencies
- A model scientific integrity policy to guide agencies as they build and update their policies
- A set of tools to help agencies regularly assess and improve their policies and practices
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
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