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Sustaining and fostering a culture of scientific integrity means conducting our work free from falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, and censorship, as well as adhering to the USGS Code of Scientific Conduct. Patricia Hathaway is a Scientific Integrity Coordinator for the Department of the Interior.