Scientific Integrity
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2023-07-25 — Scientific Integrity Act: The Scientific Integrity Act would require federal research agencies to establish enforceable policies barring political interference with scientific findings and appoint dedicated Scientific Integrity Officers; it has only been introduced and referred to committee, so these proposed statutory requirements are not in force. (novelty: 2)
- 2021-07-29 — Improving Justice Programs through Science Act of 2021: The Improving Justice Programs through Science Act of 2021 proposed permanent statutory authority for a reestablished DOJ Science Advisory Board to inform federal justice programs and research; it remained an introduced Senate proposal and was not enacted. (novelty: 2)
- 2022-11-01 — Improving Justice Programs through Science Act of 2021: The Improving Justice Programs through Science Act of 2021 would have provided statutory authorization to reestablish DOJ’s Science Advisory Board, which operated from 2010 until its termination in 2018; the bill did not advance beyond subcommittee referral in the 117th Congress and was not enacted. (novelty: 2)
- 2021-02-04 — Scientific Integrity Act: The Scientific Integrity Act, an introduced legislative proposal, would require federal agencies funding or conducting scientific research to establish approved policies preventing political interference, appoint dedicated Scientific Integrity Officers, and provide dispute mechanisms; these requirements are proposed, not enacted. (novelty: 2)
- 2006-07-19 — American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006: 2006 — American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2006 (citation removed): Senate bill would have directed OSTP to establish government-wide principles for how federal scientists share research findings with the public (introduced; not enacted). (novelty: 2)