TO: Rep. Louie Gohmert

FROM: U.S. Geological Survey Deputy Director William Werkheiser

Dear Mr. Chairman:

Thank you for your letter dated September 23, 2016, requesting information related to two scientific integrity incidents that occurred at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Geochemistry Laboratory (EGL) Inorganic Section, which the USGS closed on March 1, 2016. 

Read the entire letter HERE.