Restoring Gold Standard Science
Executive Order 2025-09802
|Signed on May 24, 2025
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What it means
Establishes guidelines for "Gold Standard Science" in government agencies, emphasizing transparency, reproducibility, and unbiased scientific information. Requires agencies to make scientific data publicly available and acknowledge uncertainties when informing policy decisions.
Expected impact
- Improved transparency in government scientific processes and data sharing
- More rigorous evaluation of scientific information used in policymaking
- Reduction in use of worst-case scenarios for policy decisions unless legally required
- Requirements for agencies to acknowledge uncertainties in their scientific communications
- Potential reversals of scientific policies implemented between 2021-2025
- Greater public trust in government scientific institutions