On January 27, 2021, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking. As part of the Memorandum a task force was created to study all federal agencies’ scientific integrity policies. Furthermore, all federal agencies were tasked with creating and implementing a scientific integrity policy by 2024, pending White House approval. Currently, USAID is in the process of creating its scientific integrity policy centered on nine core principles. This report details findings from five consultation sessions with domestic and international stakeholders to help USAID build a robust and technically sound scientific integrity policy.
Please note that USAID’s Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) has concluded. The RTAC website will be decommissioned in the next few months. Some materials will be transferred to the NORC website and the USAID Learning Lab website in the coming weeks. However, we recommend downloading any materials you would like to preserve at this time.
If you have any questions about RTAC, or the materials created through RTAC, please email miller-sutherland@norc.org.
