Exhibit 549

Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Exhibit 549 · Advisory committee report

Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

none of the 20 committee members reported any entries on their OGE Form 450 that would prevent them from being appointed and providing the complete range of duties required of a Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee member in full compliance with the Federal ethics rules applicable to Special Government Employees.

Part C describes the selection and conflict-of-interest process for the 2020 committee (USDA-led): nomination packages with funding sources, OGE Form 450 submitted before appointment for the first time, review by USDA ethics officials, SGE status, annual ethics training.

Source: 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Date: July 2020
Quoted from: Part C. Methodology, p. 7
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2020-07/ScientificReport_of_the_2020DietaryGuidelinesAdvisoryCommittee_first-print.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-4.8: Primary record For the 2020 committee the USDA ethics official found no entry on any of the 20 members' OGE Form 450 that would prevent appointment. For the same cycle HHS and USDA declined NASEM's recommendations for an external third-party screener (cost and time) and a public list of provisional appointees (privacy). A coalition letter states that OGE Form 450 is exempt from public disclosure.