The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released a report outlining the key achievements that federal agencies have made to implement scientific integrity policies since the release of a presidential memorandum in 2021.
In the September report, OSTP noted that 19 federal agencies have updated or issued new policies to strengthen scientific integrity in government, the White House said Monday.
One of those agencies is the Department of Homeland Security, which released in September a directive that outlines the policy and requirements to promote a culture of scientific integrity and protect scientific processes from research misconduct and political interference, among others.
The final directive came a year after DHS sought public comments on the draft scientific integrity policy.
The biennial report also provided details on key measures to strengthen federal scientific integrity policies, including a January 2022 report on safeguarding the integrity of government science and a January 2023 framework for federal scientific integrity policy and practice.
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