{"id":2320291,"date":"2024-08-07T02:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T06:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T02:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T06:20:41","slug":"biden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden administration, Congress, and unions try to \u2018Trump-proof\u2019 science &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-congress-and-unions-try-to-trump-proof-science-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Biden\u2064 administration&#8217;s\u200b efforts to secure scientific integrity within federal agencies, aiming to \u200dprotect them from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infographic-timeline-of-the-durham-investigation\/\" title=\"Infographic: Timeline of the Durham Investigation\">potential political interference<\/a>, particularly if former President\u2063 Donald \u2063Trump \u2062were\u2062 to \u200cwin another term. \u2063The Trump administration was criticized for suppressing\u2064 or ignoring \u2062scientific research \u200crelated \u200dto public health and\u2063 environmental regulations, leading \u200bto a\u200c distrust of science among the public. <\/p>\n<p>To\u200b combat this,\u2062 scientists and lawmakers are advocating for initiatives like establishing scientific integrity councils, enacting laws that prohibit\u200d political meddling, and\u2062 utilizing\u2062 union negotiations to protect researchers. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which\u200d plays a vital role in medical research, emphasizes \u200cthe \u200dimportance of maintaining its independence from political agendas. <\/p>\n<p>There is also concern\u2064 regarding Trump\u2019s previous executive order, referred to as &#8220;Schedule F,&#8221; which could have allowed \u200dthe dismissal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unemployment-inflation-and-automation-the-truth-about-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"Unemployment, Inflation, and Automation: The Truth About The  Minimum Wage\">career civil servants<\/a>, including \u2062scientists, \u2064based on\u2063 loyalty\u2062 rather than merit. Efforts\u200d to establish\u2064 interim \u2064scientific \u2064integrity policies are underway across federal agencies, and a bipartisan group in Congress supports \u200bthe Scientific Integrity Act to ensure clear standards for federal scientific work. the article highlights a proactive approach by the Biden administration, unions,\u2064 and Congress to safeguard\u2064 scientific research from political influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden administration, Congress, and unions try to &lsquo;Trump-proof&rsquo; science<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1683070\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" title=\"President Joe Biden\">President Joe Biden<\/a> isn&rsquo;t on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"November ballot\">November ballot<\/a> but his administration has been working overtime to&nbsp;&ldquo;Trump-proof&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"science\">science<\/a> before his exit, putting protections in place to shield government&nbsp;scientists from political interference should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"former President Donald Trump\">former President Donald Trump<\/a> win another White House term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump administration regularly suppressed, downplayed, or simply ignored scientific research demonstrating the need for regulation to protect public health and the environment,&rdquo; Romany Webb, deputy director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8793038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She added that the Trump administration&nbsp;&ldquo;routinely prioritized economic interests&rdquo; over health and science and encouraged a public distrust of science.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silencing science <\/h2>\n<p>The Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to &ldquo;undermine science&rdquo; has been documented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/climate.law.columbia.edu\/Silencing-Science-Tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Silencing Science Tracker,\">Silencing Science Tracker,<\/a> an online database with more than 300 entries that records anti-science actions taken by local, state, and federal governments. It has been tracking complaints since November 2016. Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/about\/people\/jennifer-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jennifer Jones\">Jennifer Jones<\/a>, director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that while &ldquo;there is always an urgent need to defend science&rdquo; there was an uptick in dissatisfied scientists during the previous administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just can&rsquo;t stress enough how our daily lives depend on good, independent science, free of political interference,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scientists and those who want to protect evidence-based policymaking have several options in play.&nbsp;They include establishing a scientific integrity council, codifying laws prohibiting political interference with the scientific research and federal data used to protect the&nbsp;public, and using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-panel-wants-to-know-why-federal-workers-arent-at-their-offices\/\" title=\"House Oversight Panel Wants to Know Why Federal Workers Aren\u2019t at Their Offices\">collective bargaining agreements negotiated<\/a> by unions to protect scientists and their work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Institutes of Health<\/h2>\n<p>Lyric Jorgenson, the associate director for science policy at the National Institutes of Health, said the plan to safeguard the agency&rsquo;s independence is critical to its mission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Interfering and manipulating science to hit a partisan agenda is inappropriate and is what we&rsquo;re working to wall against,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/27\/biden-plan-protect-science-trump-00160001#:~:text=%E2%80%9CInterfering%20and%20manipulating%20science%20to,official%2C%20said%20in%20an%20interview.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"she told Politico\">she told <em>Politico<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NIH is the country&rsquo;s primary federal agency for medical research. The&nbsp;public needs to be able to believe in its accuracy to &ldquo;generate rigorous, trusted evidence to inform public health,&rdquo; Jorgenson added.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, which is made up of 27 different components called&nbsp;institutes and centers, spends more than $40 billion a year on research and has largely operated politics-free. Its&nbsp;roots trace back to 1887, when a one-room laboratory was created within the Marine Hospital Service, a predecessor agency to the U.S. Public Health Service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NIH gained prominence and visibility during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Covid-19 global pandemic\">Covid-19 global pandemic<\/a>. And while most turned to the NIH for guidance, some did not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1941268\/trump-defends-using-hydroxychloroquine-and-dismisses-the-only-bad-study-showing-dangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump pitched hydroxychloroquine \">Trump pitched hydroxychloroquine <\/a>as a possible Covid-19 treatment and repeatedly threatened&nbsp;to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation&rsquo;s top infectious-disease expert. Their relationship publicly soured after they clashed over the White House&rsquo;s response to the pandemic, which claimed more than 1.1 million American lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fauci faced partisan attacks as Trump publicly entertained the idea of firing him, something he technically&nbsp;couldn&rsquo;t do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule F<\/h2>\n<p>But now, there is concern by some&nbsp;in the&nbsp;scientific community that if Trump returns for a second term, he might try to re-classify career civil servants, non-partisan government scientists, and fire them at will if he doesn&rsquo;t like what they have to say or feels they aren&rsquo;t loyal to him.One month before the 2020 presidential election, the Trump administration issued an executive order that would have done just that. The effort, referred to as &ldquo;Schedule F,&rdquo; would have created a new employment category.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because Trump did not remain in office, it is unknown how many federal employees his administration would have swept into Schedule F, or how many would have been fired and replaced,&rdquo; according to the nonprofit, <a href=\"https:\/\/protectdemocracy.org\/work\/trumps-schedule-f-plan-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Protect Democracy.org\">Protect Democracy.org<\/a>. &ldquo;Experts have put the possible numbers in the tens or hundreds of thousands.&nbsp;The Trump official credited with the idea to create Schedule F estimated that it could apply to as many as 50,000 federal workers.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Trump allies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/07\/22\/trump-2025-radical-plan-second-term\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Axios<\/a>&nbsp;it would not be necessary to fire that many workers because firing fewer would produce the desired &ldquo;behavior change.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Weather Service <\/h2>\n<p>Trump also came under scrutiny for &ldquo;Sharpie-gate.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; In this Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 file photo, former President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In September 2019, he displayed a National Weather Service map in the Oval Office showing Hurricane Dorian&rsquo;s cone of uncertainty, which identifies the probable paths of the storm&rsquo;s center.&nbsp; Trump had insisted on Twitter that Dorian was going to hit Alabama &ldquo;harder than anticipated.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;The problem was that it wasn&rsquo;t and that the map had been altered with a Sharpie to indicate that it was.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham office of the National Weather Service had to issue a statement emphasizing that Alabama would not actually be affected. That statement, directly contradicting the president, led to threats by the administration to fire top employees.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The threat of unemployment led to an unsigned statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disavowing the National Weather Service&rsquo;s position that Alabama was not at immediate risk. The&nbsp;move caused anger and accusations from the scientific community that NOAA had bent to political pressure from the president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We come at this work with the understanding that all of our lives are dependent on federal agencies using the best available science whether it&rsquo;s tracking a dangerous storm, analyzing the impacts of air pollution, or protecting us from infectious diseases like Covid-19,&rdquo; Jones said. &ldquo;We want to make sure that policy, rule making, and laws are informed by the best available science and that that science is communicated to the public.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific integrity policies <\/h2>\n<p>One way Jones told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>is for federal agencies to adopt interim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nih-director-violated-agency-policy-by-intentionally-misrepresenting-natural-covid-immunity-study-watchdog-alleges\/\" title=\"NIH Director Violated Agency Policy By \u2018Intentionally\u2019 Misrepresenting Natural COVID Immunity Study, Watchdog Alleges\">scientific integrity policies<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If&nbsp;you look across the federal government, you&rsquo;ll see different federal agencies are in different stages of having adopted an interim scientific&nbsp;integrity policy,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Some&nbsp;of them have produced policies that they&rsquo;ve put up on the federal register and sent out for comment. The EPA [Environmental Protection Agency]&nbsp;falls in that bucket. They&nbsp;posted their most recent version in February. You are going to see a number of agencies produce their final scientific integrity policies by the end of the year.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unions<\/h2>\n<p>Another&nbsp;path forward for scientists are collective bargaining agreements negotiated by their unions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Cantello, a legislative and political coordinator for the union that represents more than half of the Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s 15,000-plus workforce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02484-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told&nbsp;Nature&nbsp;\">told&nbsp;<em>Nature&nbsp;<\/em><\/a>that the Trump administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-police-back-off-as-freedom-convoy-protests-build\/\" title=\"New Zealand Police Back off as Freedom Convoy Protests Build\">heavy handed approach<\/a> to science came as a surprise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We really were not prepared to defend the agency the first time around,&rdquo; she said, calling the administration&rsquo;s dismissal of science unprecedented. &ldquo;People don&rsquo;t want to experience that again and are gearing up for a fight.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Provisions that protect government workers who stand up for scientific integrity were also included in union contracts for U.S. Department of Agriculture workers. Negotiators for the union representing 5,000 early-career scientists at the NIH are also pushing for protections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congress<\/h2>\n<p>In Congress, a group of bipartisan lawmakers have thrown their weight behind the Scientific Integrity Act.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, listens as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies during a hearing on President Trump&rsquo;s budget request for Fiscal Year 2020, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/tonko.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3948#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20Congressman%20Paul%20D,political%20and%20special%20interest%20meddling.\" title=\"introduced the legislation\">introduced the legislation<\/a> that would set &ldquo;clear, enforceable standards for federal agencies and federally-funded research to keep public science&nbsp;independent from political and special interest meddling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Public science must be about the pursuit of truth &ndash; not about serving political objectives,&rdquo; Tonko said in a statement. &ldquo;As one of only a few engineers in Congress, I&rsquo;ve worked for many years to ensure that scientific standards are upheld regardless of who sits in the White House.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has been getting the lion&rsquo;s share of the blame, Jones told the <em>Washington&nbsp;Examiner<\/em> that almost every single administration &ndash; Republican and Democrat- has injected politics into science.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" \"> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years&nbsp;we have been pushing for policies across administrations because the need to protect science and scientists is of utmost importance,&rdquo; Jones said. &ldquo;We&nbsp;always watch every election very carefully. We know that our elected officials play a big role in shaping the use of science and the culture of science that any agency might adopt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Emails to Trump&rsquo;s campaign seeking comment were not returned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1683070\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1683070\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration, along with Congress and labor unions, is making efforts to &#8220;Trump-proof&#8221; scientific research before President Joe Biden leaves office. This initiative aims to protect government scientists from potential political interference if former President Donald Trump were to win a second term. Romany Webb, deputy director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, noted that the Trump administration often disregarded scientific studies that highlighted the need for regulations to safeguard public health and the environment. She emphasized that during Trump&#8217;s presidency, economic interests were frequently prioritized over scientific integrity and public trust in science was undermined.<\/p>\n<p>The actions taken by the Trump administration to undermine science have been documented in an online database called the Silencing Science Tracker, which has recorded over 300 instances of anti-science actions since November 2016. Jennifer Jones from the Union of Concerned Scientists remarked on an increase in dissatisfaction among scientists during Trump&#8217;s tenure and stressed how crucial independent science is for daily life.<\/p>\n<p>To counteract potential future political interference with scientific work, various strategies are being considered by scientists advocating for evidence-based policymaking. These include forming a scientific integrity council, enacting laws against political meddling in research and data used for public safety, and leveraging collective bargaining agreements through unions.<\/p>\n<p>Lyric Jorgenson from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) highlighted that maintaining independence within NIH is vital for its mission as it spends over $40 billion annually on medical research. The agency&#8217;s credibility must be upheld to ensure reliable evidence informs public health decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns persist about what might happen if Trump returns to power; he previously attempted an executive order known as &#8220;Schedule F,&#8221; which would allow him greater control over federal employees including non-partisan scientists. This could lead to widespread firings based on loyalty rather than merit or expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump&#8217;s controversial handling of weather-related information\u2014such as altering maps regarding Hurricane Dorian\u2014has raised alarms about political pressure affecting scientific communication within agencies like NOAA.<\/p>\n<p>To safeguard against such issues moving forward, Jones suggested implementing interim scientific integrity policies across federal agencies while unions are negotiating protections into contracts for their members involved in science-related work.<\/p>\n<p>In Congress, bipartisan support exists behind legislation aimed at establishing clear standards ensuring that public science remains free from political influence. Rep. Paul Tonko has introduced this Scientific Integrity Act emphasizing that truth should guide public science rather than political agendas.<\/p>\n<p>While much blame has been directed at Trump\u2019s administration specifically regarding politicization of science, Jones pointed out that this issue spans multiple administrations regardless of party affiliation; thus ongoing vigilance is necessary when it comes to protecting both scientists and their work from external pressures related to politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2320292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22234559731286-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,4402,37393,37394,5038],"class_list":["post-2320291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-congress","tag-science-policy","tag-trump-proofing","tag-unions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22234559731286-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}