FEDERAL DOCUMENTS

• National Security Decision Directive 189 (NSDD 189)
  NATIONAL POLICY ON THE TRANSFER OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION

  Signed in 1985, this Presidential Directive establishes the "Fundamental research exclusion," and asserts that "to the maximum extent possible, the products of fundamental research remain unrestricted."

• Reaffirmation of NSDD 189 by Condoleeza Rice
  November 1, 2001
  
     Both of these sites are maintained by AAU.
  
  
• Text of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

  State Department site
  
  The ITAR includes a section of definitions (Section 120) as well as the United States Munitions List (Section 121).

STANFORD RESOURCES

The following resources were developed or collected for the Committee on Research, and provide additional background information about ITAR and export controls:

• Openness in Research checklist, to assist PIs in reviewing potential project solicitations, non-disclosure agreements, and other documents to assure that they do not require secrecy or impose unacceptable restrictions
  
  
• Introductory paper,
  Rachel Claus, Feb 2000
  
  
• Satellite Research Grounded,
  Stanford Report, May 24, 2000
  
  
• Letter from Charles Kruger
  to Senator Jeff Bingaman
  May 26, 2000
  re: ITAR impact at Stanford
  
  
• Security restrictions on research: A case of déjà vu,
  Faculty essay by Don Kennedy,
  Stanford Report, May 31, 2000
  
  See also: "Science and Secrecy," Science editorial by Don Kennedy, August 4, 2000 [Stanford access only]
  
  

Related Stanford policies:

• Principles Concerning Research
  
  
• Openness in Research
  
  
• Nondiscrimination in Foreign-Sponsored Research Agreements
  
  

Materials provided by the Association of American Universities (AAU)
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