Welcome to NOAA’s Scientific Integrity Commons – a place for NOAA’s scientific community to find resources such as relevant policies, Frequently Asked Questions, and links to external training. NOAA is one of many federal science agencies with an institutional Scientific Integrity Policy. 

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“Scientific integrity is the responsibility of everyone at NOAA, from bench scientists to the agency leadership, and we all need to cultivate a policy of honesty, tolerance, and respect.”
-Cynthia J. Decker, former NOAA Scientific Integrity Officer

President Biden issued, in January 2021, a Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking. This Presidential Memorandum required the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a report on scientific integrity in the federal government. The report, Protecting the Integrity of Government Science, was released on January 11, 2022