Scientific American: A Bill of Rights for Scientists

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A Bill of Rights for Scientists
TheUnion of Concerned Scientists wants Congress to pass a Scientists‘ Billof Rights to protect federal researchers from political pressure andintrusion. Steve Mirsky reports. For more information, go towww.ucsusa.org/scientificfreedom
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On February 14th, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued acall for the protection of federal scientists.  The UCS pressconference took place in space made available by the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science, whose annual meeting istaking place in Boston.  Francesca Grifo is the director of the UCS’sscientific integrity program: “As we transition to the nextadministration, regardless of who we vote to place at its helm, we mustensure that the falsifying of data; the fabricating of results; theselective editing; the intimidation, censoring and suppression ofscientists; the corruption of advisory panels; and the tampering withscientific procedures all stop.”
To that end, the UCS wants Congress to pass a scientists’ bill ofrights.  Kurt Gottfriend is professor of physics emeritus at CornellUniversity and a cofounder of the UCS: “We therefore call on the nextpresident and Congress to codify the basic freedoms that  federalscientists must have if they are to  produce the scientific knowledgethat is needed by a government dedicated to the public good.”
—Steve Mirsky, at the AAAS conference in Boston
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