Scientific Integrity

Scientific integrity is the condition resulting from adherence to professional values and practices when conducting, reporting, and applying the results of scientific activities that ensures objectivity, clarity, and reproducibility, and that provides insulation from bias, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, inappropriate influence, political interference, censorship, and inadequate procedural and information security.

• USDA Departmental Regulation 1074-001 - Scientific Integrity

  This Departmental Regulation (DR) establishes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Scientific Integrity Policy and provides instruction and guidance to Departmental leadership and employees to ensure the highest level of integrity in all aspects of the Department’s and USDA agencies’ involvement with scientific and technological processes, research, analyses, and products.

• USDA's Scientific Integrity Policy page

• Statement of Commitment to Scientific Integrity by Principal Statistical Agencies

ERS Scientific Integrity Officer: Kelly Maguire, Assistant Administrator
Phone: 202-694-5448
Email: kelly.b.maguire@usda.gov