Saturday, December 16, 2006

Bushoviks subordinate science to policy, again.

This time it is the U.S. Geological Survey that has to toe the ideology line. Of course the Bushoviks say this isn't so, but given their track record it takes a lot of Kool Aid to believe them. Consider this:
The new requirements state that the USGS's communications office must be "alerted about information products containing high-visibility topics or topics of a policy-sensitive nature."

The agency's director, Mark Myers, and its communications office also must be told — prior to any submission for publication — "of findings or data that may be especially newsworthy, have an impact on government policy, or contradict previous public understanding to ensure that proper officials are notified and that communication strategies are developed."

Patrick Leahy, USGS's head of geology and its acting director until September, said Wednesday that the new procedures would improve scientists' accountability and "harmonize" the review process. He said they are intended to maintain scientists' neutrality.
Harmony may make politicians happy and it certainly thrills ideologues but it does not work to the advancement of scientific knowledge. It does prevent the embaressment of disclosing the crackpot nature of Bushovik science and administration.

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