; (2) join or hold leadership positions on scientific councils, societies, unions, and other professional organizations; (3) contribute to the academic peer-review process as reviewers or editors; and (4) participate and engage with the scientific community. (d) Public statements on basic or applied research Whenever a covered agency seeks to make a public statement about the conclusions of basic or applied research in science or engineering conducted by a covered individual— (1) the covered individual shall have the opportunity to review the public statement for technical accuracy; and (2) if an inaccuracy is discovered as a result of the review under paragraph (1), the covered agency and the covered individual shall jointly revise the public statement. (e) Interview requests on research; personal statements (1) Interview requests to covered individuals A covered individual may respond to media interview requests regarding their scientific or technical findings from research conducted by the individual without prior approval from the covered agency supporting the research of the covered individual, but the covered agency may require the covered individual to report the subject of any such interview. (2) Interview requests to agencies In the event a covered agency supporting the research of a covered individual receives a media interview request regarding that research, the covered agency shall— (A) offer the covered individual the choice of responding to the interview directly