jbn@GLACIER.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) (04/19/88)
The Subcommitee on Human Resources and Intergovermental Relations of the U.S. House of Representatives is investigating fraud in government- supported research. Public hearings are being held, and are being broadcast on C-SPAN. After hearing testimony concerning scientists who'd allegedly doctored their research data, Rep. John Conyers proposed that criminal penalties be imposed for such offences where Federal funds are involved. Rep. Ted Weiss commented "It is not a question of too many watchdogs. We seem to have no watchdogs at all in this situation." Further details should be available when the hearing transcripts are printed, in a few weeks. It is not known if the AI field was mentioned in the hearings. However, it is something that people in the field should be aware of. John Nagle