Professionals for the Public Interest submitted the following to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on May 7, 2009. An additional document, Defining Common Ground on Professional Integrity was also submitted.

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Executive Office of the President

BY EMAIL scientificintegrity@ostp.gov

In response to the “Request for public comment” that the Office of Science and Technology Policy published at 74 Federal Register 18596 (April 23, 2009), the 19 national and global organizations that constitute Professionals for the Public Interest: Associations and Unions Defending Professional Integrity (PftPI) asked me to submit the consensus statement, “Defining Common Ground on Professional Integrity,” that each endorsed over the last year. It is included below.

The public launch of PftPI is scheduled for the First Amendment Lounge of the National Press Club, 9:30 to 10:30 am, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. On that day, the PftPI website, www.pftpi.org, will go live. It may provide additional resources as your office responds to President Obama’s March 9, 2009 memorandum on scientific integrity.

The organizations that endorsed “Defining Common Ground on Professional Integrity” are Actors’ Equity Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Federation of Musicians, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; American Federation of Teachers, American Library Association, American Library Association-Allied Professional Association, American Public Health Association, Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; National Association of Social Workers, United American Nurses, and United Steelworkers.

ON BEHALF OF Professionals for the Public Interest,

Paul E. Almeida
President
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO

815 16th Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC  20006
202-638-0320 extension 112
Fax 202-628-4379
palmeida@aflcio.org

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