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House Approves Jan. 6 Commission Over G.O.P. Opposition Last Updated May 20, 2021, 12:33 a.m. ETMay 20, 2021, 12:33 a.m. ET The House voted nearly along party lines Wednesday evening to create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. President Biden delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduation. Here’s what you need to know: -0:00 House Approves Commission to Investigate Jan. 6 Insurrection The House of Representatives voted, 252 to 175, on We...

Government Executive email President Biden is hoping to add more teeth to scientific integrity policies across government. Senior Correspondent The White House on Friday held its first task force meeting to develop strategies for empowering career federal scientists, including through identifying incidents of interference in previous administrations.  Several dozen scientists from across government attended the inaugural gathering of the Scientific Integrity Task Force, which President...

U.S. EPA Issues First Climate Data Update Since 2016 May 13 2021, 2:35 AM May 13 2021, 12:28 AM May 13 2021, 2:35 AM (Bloomberg) -- In the five years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last updated its climate-science scorecard, the world has seen five of the six hottest years on record and California has endured three of its five most destructive wildfires. The number of heatwaves tripled in the last decade from two a year on average in the 1960s.  (Bloomberg) -- In the...

Science vs. Politics: White House Panel Seeks To Separate Fact From Fiction 05/10/21 AT 7:55 PM The White House on Monday formally launched its Scientific Integrity Task Force to review the governments scientific policies in an effort to alleviate political influence. The 46-member panel of government officials will meet Friday. The move comes after several officials claimed they faced political pressures during the Trump administration. The White House Office of Science and Technology ...

Biden administration formally launches task force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence Getty Images The Biden administration announced Monday the formal launch of its Scientific Integrity Task Force which will review the federal government’s scientific policies to ensure they are free from inappropriate political influence. The 46 members come from across the federal government and will meet for the first time on Friday. The review comes after several former Trump ...

Rolling Stone Menu White House Launches Task Force Aimed at Keeping Politics Out of Federal Scientific Policies “We want people to be able to trust what the federal government is telling you,” said a deputy director at the White House Office of Science and Technology By AP To guard against political influence in science within the government, the White House announced the official launch of the Scientific Integrity Task Force. The new initiative, announced Monday, includes...

Biden administration launches its Scientific Integrity Task Force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence Joe Bidens new Scientific Integrity Task Force will meet for the first time on Friday to start the process of getting politics out of science The 46-person panel will examine where partisanship interfered with evidence-based decision making from 2009 until present day The group is tasked with coming up with ways to keep politics out of government science in the futu...

Biden administration launches task force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence The Biden administration is creating a task force to review the federal government’s scientific policies to ensure they are free from inappropriate political influence, as several top health officials under former President Donald Trump publicly admit they faced political pressure while doing their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy...

Biden administration launches task force to ensure scientific decisions are free from political influence The Biden administration is creating a task force to review the federal government’s scientific policies to ensure they are free from inappropriate political influence, as several top health officials under former President Donald Trump publicly admit they faced political pressure while doing their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy...

Biden: Science team among the brightest, most dedicated 02:38 Washington (CNN)The Biden administration is creating a task force to review the federal governments scientific policies to ensure they are free from inappropriate political influence, as several top health officials under former President Donald Trump publicly admit they faced political pressure while doing their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said in a letter to agencies ...