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Push-back on OMB rule-making that would subject research to politics.
Here is the link to the rule:
https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001The exec summary contains the egregiously false basis for this rule.
Please click the "Comment" box and add your comments.
Below are the comments I submitted. They are using AI to look for unique comments, so please be sure to make to word the comments a bit differently.
I oppose this rule which allows for the termination of grants by appointed political appointees. Determination should be based on scientific merit rather than political agendas.
Allowing political appointees who have not been vetted for their scientific credentials to override the research grant vetting process is akin to giving a friend of the hospital CEO the power to make decisions in the emergency room.
I object to the option that would allow termination of research at any point, for nearly any reason, as research is step by step process that often does not know how it will end. Termination of grants before completion does not result in good science.
Overriding normal peer-reviewed scientific processes undercuts the credibility of the US scientific community, and is not in the national interest. Further, the statements of the justification for this rule are factually inaccurate. It is a symptom of the politicization of the state of science when the government proposing these changes cannot do so without lying to the American people.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay
Published at
2026-06-16 14:41:14 UTCEvent JSON
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