Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our Nation’s Public Health Agencies
On Friday, April 29, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. ET, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, will hold a remote hearing with the United States Comptroller General and other experts on ensuring scientific integrity at federal public health agencies. The hearing will examine a new report released today from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding that career scientists observed incidents of political interference that resulted in the alteration or suppression of scientific findings related to the coronavirus. These incidents went unreported because scientists were afraid of retaliation or suspected agency leadership was already aware of the interference.
Witnesses
Ms. Anita Desikan
Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists
The Honorable Gene Dodaro
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office
Dr. Sonja Rasmussen
Former Editor-in-Chief, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ms. Candice Wright
Director, Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics, Government Accountability Office