USDA OFFICE OF ETHICS - SCIENCE ETHICS BRANCH

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USDA ETHICS ISSUANCE 09-1: Ethics Issues Related to USDA Scientists

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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)

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