USDA OFFICE OF ETHICS - SCIENCE ETHICS BRANCH
USDA Secretary Vilsack's Memo on Ethical Conduct
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Seeking and Post-Employment Information
HOT TOPICS
Acceptance of Travel from Non-Federal Sources
2013 Confidential Financial Disclosure Campaign - Forms due February 15, 2013
ETHICS TRAINING
- 2013 Annual Ethics Training - Due June 30, 2013
- Ethics Training for SGEs: Collaborators, Experts, and Panel Managers
USDA ETHICS ISSUANCE 09-1: Ethics Issues Related to USDA Scientists
The Science Ethics Branch provides ethics guidance to the following USDA agencies:
- Agricultural Research Service
- Economic Research Service
- Forest Service:
- Research and Development
- (Forest Service employees who are not in the R&D mission area should contact the Forest Service Ethics Branch on 703-605-0860)
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- National Institute of Food & Agriculture
- Natural Resources Conservation Service:
- Soil Survey & Resource Assessment
- Science and Technology
- (NRCS employees who are not in the SSRA or S&T program areas should contact the Farm, Conservation & Rural Programs Ethics Branch on 202-720-1826)