Watchdog groups point to holes in what health agencies say they plan to do
Watchdog groups say policies intended to prevent political interference with science at the Department of Health and Human Services don’t go far enough.Keep working on it. That’s the reaction of U.S. science watchdog groups to the first attempts by federal health agencies to flesh out a promise by President Joe Biden to restore trust in government by ensuring that government scientists are free to do their jobs without political meddling.for agencies to follow in revising existing policies.
Watchdog groups say problematic language in the HHS and NIH policies stems from what they see as flaws in aissued in January by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. They include a provision that prohibits agency scientists from making statements that “could be construed” as criticisms of federal policy.
Many advocates say these agency policies should ultimately be codified in legislation. Otherwise, a hostile administration could easily ignore or wipe out the entire framework. “Scientific integrity continues to be an issue under both Republican and Democratic administrations,” Desikan says. UCS points to George W. Bush–era attacks on climate science and stem cell research and the Obama administration’s age restrictions on emergency contraception, which went against U.S.
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