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147: 22: 271:, and is therefore of particularly grave concern to the scientific community." It then goes on, in a short section titled "Conclusions and Recommendations: What's at Stake" at the end of the report, to provide recommendations for "restoring scientific integrity to federal policymaking" (page 30). These recommendations (on pages 30–31) include a suggestion for the 291:
under its influence, increase the amount of publicly available scientific information, and establish an organization to guide Congress in its deliberations in technical matters; for scientists to raise awareness of the aforementioned issues and provide public policy recommendations; for the public to
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At the time of issue of this report, the UCS released a statement supporting the criticisms detailed in the above report. This statement was originally signed by the 62 prominent scientists listed below. Since that time it has gathered support from more than 12,000 scientists.
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A central thesis of the report, according to the Executive Summary (on page 2 of the text), was that the Bush administration had behaved in ways considered to be consistent with the following three situations.
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This list is sorted first by category, then by the order in which the persons or organizations are mentioned in the report.
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Scientific Integrity in Policy Making: Further Investigation of the Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science
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In "Part III", the text of the report posits that the aforementioned activities are unprecedented in the
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Page 29 of the report states: "This behavior by the administration violates the central premise of the
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Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
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Active censorship of scientific information that the administration considered threatening to its own
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Restriction of the ability of government-supported scientists to freely communicate scientific
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Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: The Bush Administration’s Misuse of Science
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2004 Scientist Statement on Restoring Scientific Integrity to Federal Policy Making
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in February, 2004. The report was the culmination of an investigation of the
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Part I: Suppression and distortion of research findings at federal agencies
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Part II: Undermining the quality and integrity of the appointment process
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Associated Statement "Restoring Scientific Integrity in Policymaking"
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The following is a duplication of the report's table of contents.
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Distorting scientific knowledge on reproductive health issues
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Manipulation of science regarding the endangered species act
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EPA memo on climate section of the Report on the Environment
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Irregularities in appointments to scientific advisory panels
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exercise its political influence in a constructive manner.
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Manipulating the scientific process on forest management
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Restoring scientific integrity to federal policy making
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Dismissal of nuclear weapons and arms control panels
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White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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