September 22, 2022 — House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman sent a letter to the White House today requesting the documents and communications necessary to conduct oversight of the Administration’s response to scientific integrity violations by a senior White House science advisor.

The National Academies of Sciences (NAS) recently sanctioned Dr. Jane Lubchenco for violating clear and well-known scientific integrity principles while serving as an editor for the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. These violations are particularly troubling given Lubchenco’s role as Deputy Director for Climate and Environment at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as well as one of the heads of an interagency task force on scientific integrity at the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). In that role, she led the development and publication of a report on Protecting the Integrity of Government Science, intended to guide best practices at government science agencies.

In addition to violating scientific integrity principles in her publishing decisions, Lubchenco has cited the same research in Congressional testimony before the Natural Resources Committee and used it to justify policy recommendations.

Science Committee Republicans first raised the issue of Lubchenco’s violations in a letter sent in February, where they asked the President to reconsider her role developing scientific integrity guidelines. The Administration took no action in response to Lubchenco’s violations or the Congressional oversight request.

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