Fundamental Science Practices (FSP) and Related Policy Directives

The policy directives listed below are pertinent to ensuring the quality and integrity of USGS science information products.

SM 502.1 - Fundamental Science Practices: Foundation Policy

SM 502.2 - Fundamental Science Practices: Planning and Conducting Data Collection and Research

SM 502.3 - Fundamental Science Practices: Peer Review

SM 502.4 - Fundamental Science Practices: Review, Approval, and Release of Information Products

SM 502.5 - Fundamental Science Practices: Safeguarding Unpublished U.S. Geological Survey Data, Information, and Associated Scientific Materials

SM 502.6 - Fundamental Science Practices: Scientific Data Management

SM 502.7 - Fundamental Science Practices: Metadata for USGS Scientific Information Products Including Data

SM 502.8 - Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release

SM 502.9 - Fundamental Science Practices: Preservation Requirements for Digital Scientific Data

SM 502.10 - Fundamental Science Practices: USGS Authorship of Scientific Information Products

SM 308.74 - USGS Fundamental Science Practices Advisory Council

Office of Science Quality and Integrity (OSQI); Core Science Systems (CSS) Mission Area

IM OSQI 2024-01 - Derogatory and (or) Offensive Words, Names, and Phrases in USGS Information Products

IM OSQI 2022-01 - Quality Management System for USGS Laboratories

IM OSQI 2019-01 - Review and Approval of Scientific Software for Release

IM CSS 2019-01 - USGS Scientific Working Collections Management

SM 205.18 - Authority to Approve Information Products

Part 1100 - Publishing

SM 431.1 - Records Management Roles and Responsibilities

SM 431.6 - Records Disposition

SM 432.1 - Files Management

SM 500.5 - Policy on the Release of Information to the News Media

SM 500.25 - Scientific Integrity

301 DM 7 - Departmental Responsibilities for Consideration and Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in Departmental Actions and Scientific Research

305 DM 3 - Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities. Also refer to the Department of the Interior (DOI) DOI Code of Scientific and Scholarly Conduct Poster August 2024.

470 DM 1 - Public Communications - General Policy and Procedures - Transmittal Memo 2012.

470 DM 2 - Public Communications - Digital Media Policy

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