United States Office of Research Integrity

Organization

• National Institutes of Health.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Food and Drug Administration
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• The Health Resources and Services Administration
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• The Indian Health Service

  Activities

• Developing policies, procedures and regulations related to the detection, investigation, and prevention of research misconduct and the responsible conduct of research;
• Reviewing and monitoring research misconduct investigations conducted by applicant and awardee institutions, research programs, and the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services ;
• Recommending research misconduct findings and administrative actions to the Assistant Secretary for Health for decision, subject to appeal;
• Assisting the Office of the General Counsel to present cases before the HHS Departmental Appeals Board;
• Providing technical assistance to institutions that respond to allegations of research misconduct;
• Implementing activities and programs to teach the responsible conduct of research, promote research integrity, prevent research misconduct, and improve the handling of allegations of research misconduct;
• Conducting policy analyses, evaluations and research to build the knowledge base in research misconduct, research integrity, and prevention and to improve HHS research integrity policies and procedures;
• Administering programs for: maintaining institutional assurances, responding to allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers, approving intramural and policies and procedures, and responding to Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act of 1974 requests.