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Scientific Integrity Scientific integrity is the condition resulting from adherence to professional values and practices when conducting, reporting, and applying the results of scientific activities that ensures objectivity, clarity, and reproducibility, and that provides insulation from bias...

These supplementary guidelines apply to scientific research information that is officially used or produced by USDA agencies or offices. The following information quality criteria comprise the quality standards that USDA agencies and offices will follow in developing and reviewing scientific...

USDA Research Integrity Officers (RIOs) receive, process and report allegations of research misconduct, inform the OIG and USDA RIO of allegations reported to the agency, ensures that all documents and other materials related to allegation are provided to OIG, oversee proceedings to address...

Departmental Scientific Integrity Officer Dr. Douglas (Doug) Bannerman joined the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in 2015 as the Departmental Scientific Integrity Officer and the Senior Advisor on Scientific Integrity to the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics. He came to OCS...

“Top grade,” “strong,” “substantially strengthened,” and “significantly improved,” may sound like reviews you might read about consumer products such as smart phones or televisions. However, these are the actual terms used by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in its recent review of USDA’s...

Title IX – Title IX Statute In line with President Trump’s ongoing commitment to end illegal discrimination and wasteful spending across the federal government the White House issued the below Executive Order on January 20, 2025. Ending Radical and Wasteful Government Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

*Denotes an alternate agency contact specifically designated to review allegations of research misconduct (i.e., fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results). USDA Departmental Scientific Integrity Officer (DSIO)...

White House Memoranda and Executive Orders Federal Policy on Research Misconduct – December 6, 2000 (PDF, 227KB) Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity – March 9, 2009 (PDF, 141KB) OSTP Memorandum on Scientific Integrity – December 17, 2010 (PDF, 477KB) Executive Order 13563, "Improving...

The following guidance covers USDA branding on social media. For information how to obtain an account, visit the USDA Digital Strategy Playbook social media section.

Leave OHRM provides policy guidance and support to Mission Areas, agencies, and staff offices on the administration of leave and hours of work. Bargaining unit employees must follow their Collective Bargaining Agreement. New Employee USDA is a leader in providing family-oriented programs, leave...