The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has until the end of June to develop new guidance for federal agencies. Federal agencies will use this guidance to create new policies that align with the Trump administration’s dubious definitions of scientific integrity and “gold standard science.”
The goals of scientific integrity policies are to (1) protect the scientific process from inappropriate (like political or corporate) influence, (2) make federal research and evidence accessible without compromising people’s personal data, (3) allow federal scientists to communicate their research without interference, and (4) to use the best available science in decision and policy making.
I mean, I think we all know what the choice will be, right?
UCS definitely has good intentions.
I just don’t have faith in the Trump OSTP to actually look at the evidence or even bother reading a letter to consider their next steps.
They’ve been planning this for a long time. If they can’t capitalize on it, they will be getting rid of it.
Ye I expect so, I don’t like the way this author just doesn’t bother explaining her points. She just states that she disagrees and says they should be left to their own rules.
Which is probably fine, but that’s just lazy or she’s not mentioning the difference for another reason