“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.

Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, called on the task force to recommend more than just broad guidelines. Instead, he said, prohibitions on interference in research and data collection must be explicit, procedures for investigating misconduct clear and penalties for managers acting improperly spelled out.”