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5 Opportunities for Near-Term Actions and Improvements
Pages 20-24

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From page 20...
... The DDTC Web site provides answers to a small sample of frequently asked questions, but workshop participants felt that the list should be expanded to provide greater, more generalized guidance to the outside community. There also was enthusiasm for engaging representatives of the research community in identifying key subjects to be covered by new questions and answers (see below)
From page 21...
... • An EAR exclusion is not lost in a federally funded project when a university accepts specific nationalsecurity controls if controls are not violated in exporting the controlled information, but under ITAR the exclusion is lost in a federally funded project if such controls are accepted. • A supplement to EAR provides extensive explanatory questions and answers regarding what is not ­subject to EAR in the context of university and research laboratory activities.
From page 22...
... DDTC officials indicated that they would welcome specific questions from the research community, and participants indicated interest in preparing such questions in the near future so that State Department responses could be made available. Research-community representatives were especially eager to obtain clearer guidance on whether the conduct of fundamental research depends on the nature of the activity rather than the location of the activity, that is, whether fundamental research can be carried out in all types of laboratories or only in university laboratories; whether work has to already have been published to qualify for being in the public domain, or whether an intention or attempt to publish is sufficient; and what is meant by permanent abode in the "bona fide employees" exemption for universities.
From page 23...
... An early task for new ­university-based DTAG members might be to work with the State Department on possible revisions of the USML. Another immediate task for the research community, which would involve a somewhat longer-range target, would be to begin to develop a clear and compelling case for the basis and character of future changes in ITAR and to prepare to disseminate the results of that effort broadly across the government.


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