Exhibit 550

Responding to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study on the Process to Update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Exhibit 550 · Agency presentation

Responding to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study on the Process to Update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

the Departments choose not to implement this recommendation out of privacy concerns.

Slides giving the departments' response to each NASEM recommendation for the 2020 cycle: no third-party screener (cost and time); no public list of provisional appointees (privacy); OGE 450 reviewed by USDA ethics officials before selection; annual OGE 450 review and ethics training; a summary of conflict management in the report.

Source: Eve Stoody, Designated Federal Officer, 2020 DGAC (USDA CNPP)
Date: May 2019
Quoted from: Slide 8
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/Day%201%20Response%20to%20NASEM%20Study.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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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.