Agency for Scientific Integrity

In Turnabout of the Elements, the Agency for Scientific Integrity (ASI) is the government agency that Alexandra Kranf worked for, prior to her death. They routinely inspect scientific facilities, and were responsible for the report that led to the defunding of the Euklein Institute.

Euklein Investigation
Five months ago, they received an anonymous email with proof of Euklein's data manipulation. The sender was untraceable, but investigation verified the email. They published a report with the findings after about a month and a half, and things fell apart for them. Private donors fled, and Congress decided funding cuts were in order. With that many losses, Euklein had no choice but to shut down. The people who used to work there, for the most part, followed where Euklein's money was moved to. Of course, the ones that were directly tied to the corruption had no such luck. As far as the public is concerned, that's the end of the matter.

The general opinion as to the informant in the ASI was that it was just a higher-up with a grudge and no desire to get too involve. Alexandra didn't buy the explanation, but had no actual evidence for it. Computer investigations overutrned this two months ago when in Euklein's computers, they found a trojan so crude that the antivirus software designers thought they had covered it... and it turns out they didn't. The trojan simply sent information at random.

The case lacks leads, and the investigation is currently focusing on proving a tie between the trojan and the leak. There's a good chance there was a hacking job, but the investigation has not been going well.