From AAAS Policy Alert -- 28 October, 2015

House Science, Space and Technology Committee Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) issued a letter on October 23 outlining her concerns regarding a subpoena (no link available) sent by the Committee Chair Lamar Smith (R-TX) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) related to a study conducted on the global surface warming hiatus published in Science. The subpoenas reportedly requested data as well as internal communications among NOAA employees involved in the study.