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8 Export Controls
Pages 57-62

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... In addition, trade embargoes and sanctions, reflecting foreign policy concerns of different nations, can affect a researcher's ability to travel to certain countries and transport certain research equipment. The Export Control panel will discuss the various issues raised by these regulations, their effect on international research collaborations, and compliance strategies used by various institutions to meet these challenges." (Workshop Agenda)
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... 8.2 UNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE ON EXPORT CONTROLS Steven Eisner, Export Control Officer at Stanford University, described how a university that performs fundamental basic and applied research ensures compliance with export control laws and regulations. Export controls address the transfer of technologies, hardware or software code, that have the potential to adversely affect U.S.
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... The question arises whether our export control regime should be reformed, particularly for technologies that are widely available outside the United States. The National Academies report Beyond Fortress America (2009)
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... CNES has very significant cooperation with the United States, even outside that of the European Space Agency, of which France is a member. Europe and the United States are very interdependent in space research.
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... , an advisory committee to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Obama Administration put forward a concept for reform known as "the four singles": a single control list, a single licensing agency, a single enforcement agency, and a single IT system.
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... Examina tion of the broad value of the deemed export rule is another possible topic. Other issues include the export of experimental navigational research satellites and the export of commercial satellites, where oversight could be moved back to the Department of Commerce.
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