White House ‘Integrity’ Framework Draws Stiff Criticism From Whistleblowers

The newly released White House framework for scientific integrity policies at EPA and other agencies is already drawing attacks from a group representing agency staffers who have alleged a pattern of integrity violations at the TSCA office, calling it “hopelessly vague” and inadequate to address “hard questions” raised by those claims. The White House Office of Scientific and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Jan. 12 unveiled a new framework for agencies to strengthen policies that protect the integrity of scientific work,...