USDA & Smithsonian Launch IWGSC Clearinghouse

Attention

This website, https://usfsc.nal.usda.gov, has been replaced by https://iwgsc.nal.usda.gov. This website will no longer be updated and will be retired after May 1, 2021.  Please visit https://iwgsc.nal.usda.gov and update your bookmarks for the latest content from the IWGSC.

The Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC) was tasked with compiling and making available agency policies related to the management of federal scientific collections. Through a joint effort between the USDA and Smithsonian Institution, the IWGSC Clearinghouse now provides federal agencies and the public an central location to find these policies and other information about federal scientific collections.