David Bernhardt set the tone early on at USGS when he forced the agency to turn over pre-publication data from a resource assessment of the North Slope, a violation of USGS fundamental science practices. This led to the resignation of a top scientist. 1/ https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/02/usgs-interior-zinke-alaska/
Bernhardt's defense? Those internal policies are basically meaningless.

"We are legally entitled to see anything," he wrote. 2/
Fast forward to Jim Reilly's confirmation hearing as director of the USGS. Reilly said he was "fully committed to scientific integrity." At the hearing, Sen. Murkowski stated: "My hope, my ask, is that you maintain that integrity within the agency." 3/ https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/usgs-nominee-vows-insulate-science-political-pressure-0
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