federal science

Female scientist reading notebook next to microscope in lab.

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January 20, 2025

An Open Letter to Federal Science Workers in the Second Trump Administration

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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January 15, 2025

Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE Strategy: Bully Federal Scientists

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

UCSUSA

January 15, 2025

What Does “Best Available Science” Mean?

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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January 14, 2025

Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts.

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

A scientist checks water quality at a stream.

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January 14, 2025

What’s at Stake if the Data at Federal Agencies Disappears?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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January 13, 2025

Organizations Call on Senators to Consider Nominees’ Respect for Science

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Scott Pruitt To Become EPA Administrator

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January 2, 2025

How to Vet Presidential Nominees for Their Science Savvy—a Handy Checklist for Senators

Melissa Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

An American flag with binary code superimposed over it.

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December 11, 2024

Three Efforts to Preserve Government Data as a New Trump Administration Approaches

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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December 9, 2024

What Is Scientific Integrity—and How Does It Keep All of Us Safe?

Christopher Williams
Research Director

A billboard truck calling for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself in the case that eventually overturned the Chevron Doctrine passes in front of the US Capitol building in 2023, before the case was heard.

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November 22, 2024

Roundup: White House Releases Scientific Integrity Progress Report

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

Scientists looks at COVID-19 samples in a lab.

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November 21, 2024

Why Trust in Science Matters

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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November 14, 2024

Federal Government Implements More Inclusive Standards for Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

A bald eagle stands in a wetlands wildlife refuge.

Derrick Z. Jackson

October 17, 2024

Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

A woman in a scientific laboratory, wearing a lab coat and gloves.

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September 12, 2024

How Can We Defend Government Science from Political Interference?

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

Two BIPOC FDA scientists wearing labcoats and protective gear prepare liquid containing nutrients that make it an ideal environment for growing bacteria. They are part of a group of researchers nicknamed “Team Tomato,” who try to understand and prevent Salmonella contamination early in the tomato production process.

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November 7, 2023

A Diverse Federal Scientific Workforce Benefits All of Us

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

President Biden sits at his desk in the Oval Office, signing a veto for (unrelated) legislation in June 2023.

The White House/Flickr

June 28, 2023

For the First Time Ever, the White House Adopts a Model Scientific Integrity Policy

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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March 1, 2023

Top Three Findings from the Latest UCS Survey of Federal Scientists

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

A closed white shutter door like the kind you might find on a storage unit is painted with the word GONE in black capital letters

Felix Haumann/Pexels

March 17, 2022

The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters

UCS Science Network

this photo is of an endless-seeming stack of white organizers, taller than a person, stretching on both sides of a wooden floor--implying archives

Ula Kuźma/Unsplash

February 18, 2022

How the Biden Administration Can Protect Federal Environmental Information

UCS Science Network

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January 20, 2022

Biden USDA Must Do More to Rebuild a Diverse Science Workforce

Charlotte Kirk Baer
Former Contributor

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April 28, 2021

100 Days into Biden’s Presidency, Science Is Bouncing Back

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

US Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Susan Wynn releases quino into San Diego County

Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

January 30, 2021

Federal Agencies Have Lost Hundreds of Scientists Since 2017. What Comes Next?

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Michael J. Ermarth/FDA

October 28, 2020

A New and Direct Assault on Federal Scientists: an Executive Order Designed to Politicize Public Service

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Amson Eaglin/USDA

October 19, 2020

Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: Recommendations for Federal Agencies in the Next Presidential Term

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor