Center for Open ScienceCOS has released a statement on the recent "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order.
While we champion the open science practices referenced in this Executive Order, their application here is counterproductive for open science’s purpose to accelerate discovery, advance treatments, and create knowledge. The scientific community must continue to advocate for meaningful, principled efforts to promote openness and earn trust.
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COS Statement on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order
The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally. Ordinarily, such prominent promotion of these practices would be cause for COS to celebrate advancement of its mission. Unfortunately, their application in this Executive Order is counterproductive for open science’s purpose to accelerate discovery, advance treatments, and create knowledge.