As They Slice NSF’s Budget, House Republicans Seek to Expose Research Misconduct
Among many controversial provisions in a bill to set policy for the National Science Foundation, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has proposed that the NSF start publicly naming any scientists it finds guilty of research misconduct. The so-called Competes Act reauthorization, which faces a floor vote on Wednesday, is getting generally panned by university researchers and their advocates. But the idea to name names may be one of the more-popular suggestions.