Deemed Exports and Research Community Support
A number of years ago, the FBI, the U.S. Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection,
and the Commerce Department's Office of Export
Enforcement investigated violations of the Arms
Export Control Act by a retired professor of
engineering and senior researcher in
ITAR-controlled military UAV technology at
an important U.S.university. Numerous items,
including laboratory materials,
were removed under search warrants. The
researcher's laptop computer and various
other items were seized as he reentered the USA
after teaching at two
universities in China. The researcher was
quoted as saying that he and his
colleagues "knew there was such a thing as an
export control act," but "weren't
sure what the details were."
The 21st-Century academic environment now includes students, teachers and researchers from throughout the world. Freedom of inquiry and freedom to conduct fundamental research are major elements of U.S. culture and a major commitment of the United States Government. Yet with political and security concerns arising from the events of September 11, 2001 and from proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), governments are looking closely at technology transfer within major research institutions, including both the university community and national laboratories such as those operated by the U.S. Defense and Energy Departments. In Japan, the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is engaged in a program of tech-transfer outreach to leading Japanese academic and research institutions.
In the USA, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security first published - and then withdrew - a controversial proposed rulemaking on so-called deemed exports to "foreign nationals", i.e., to individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor holders of Green Cards nor protected refugees. But as it withdrew the deemed-exports rulemaking, the BIS simultaneously announced the creation of a blue-ribbon deemed-exports advisory committee or DEAC. This 12-person special committee with a one-year term will be "a balanced representation of views among business executives, university administrators, and other experts in the field."
MK Technology is active in this arena, assisting clients throughout the world in licensing and in Internal Compliance and other Technology Control plans within both industry and academia. Our ceo, Terry Murphy,completed a four-year term on the BIS advisory committee on Regulations and Procedures (RPTAC) that deals extensively with this subject. With a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, he co-chaired the National Academy of Science workshop (web-cast worldwide) on the controversial BIS "deemed exports" rule; with experts from the BIS and a world-famous U.S. university he also led a 90-minute audio conference on the subject. As a Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he helped to draft the CSIS/NAS White Paper on "Scientific Communication and National Security" that was filed in the BIS deemed-exports rulemaking.
Several members of MK Technology are closely engaged in "deemed exports", including extensive client training. They handle "dual-use" licensing and compliance work for small, medium and large enterprises throughout the world, and often work extensively in support of outside counsel for clients where problems are revealed. . Frank Cevasco of Cevasco International also joined MK in April; he is a leading consultant to the global defense industry and was a senior executive with the U.S. Defense Department for over two years. Russ VanDegrift designs and oversees internal controls with clients in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and throughout the USA; he joined MK in 2005 after twenty years in Raytheon, TRW and Northrop Grumman. Click here for more about MK Technology's services.
The 21st-Century academic environment now includes students, teachers and researchers from throughout the world. Freedom of inquiry and freedom to conduct fundamental research are major elements of U.S. culture and a major commitment of the United States Government. Yet with political and security concerns arising from the events of September 11, 2001 and from proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), governments are looking closely at technology transfer within major research institutions, including both the university community and national laboratories such as those operated by the U.S. Defense and Energy Departments. In Japan, the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is engaged in a program of tech-transfer outreach to leading Japanese academic and research institutions.
In the USA, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security first published - and then withdrew - a controversial proposed rulemaking on so-called deemed exports to "foreign nationals", i.e., to individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor holders of Green Cards nor protected refugees. But as it withdrew the deemed-exports rulemaking, the BIS simultaneously announced the creation of a blue-ribbon deemed-exports advisory committee or DEAC. This 12-person special committee with a one-year term will be "a balanced representation of views among business executives, university administrators, and other experts in the field."
MK Technology is active in this arena, assisting clients throughout the world in licensing and in Internal Compliance and other Technology Control plans within both industry and academia. Our ceo, Terry Murphy,completed a four-year term on the BIS advisory committee on Regulations and Procedures (RPTAC) that deals extensively with this subject. With a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, he co-chaired the National Academy of Science workshop (web-cast worldwide) on the controversial BIS "deemed exports" rule; with experts from the BIS and a world-famous U.S. university he also led a 90-minute audio conference on the subject. As a Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, he helped to draft the CSIS/NAS White Paper on "Scientific Communication and National Security" that was filed in the BIS deemed-exports rulemaking.
Several members of MK Technology are closely engaged in "deemed exports", including extensive client training. They handle "dual-use" licensing and compliance work for small, medium and large enterprises throughout the world, and often work extensively in support of outside counsel for clients where problems are revealed. . Frank Cevasco of Cevasco International also joined MK in April; he is a leading consultant to the global defense industry and was a senior executive with the U.S. Defense Department for over two years. Russ VanDegrift designs and oversees internal controls with clients in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and throughout the USA; he joined MK in 2005 after twenty years in Raytheon, TRW and Northrop Grumman. Click here for more about MK Technology's services.