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AAU, COGR PRAISE DOD MEMORANDUM, ISSUE REPORT ON RESTRICTIVE CLAUSES IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CONTRACTS
The document announces the issuance of a memorandum by Undersecretary of Defense John J. Young, Jr., which affirms the Department of Defense’s policy to avoid restricting publication or dissemination of results from DOD-funded basic and applied research, except in cases where such research is classified or otherwise legally restricted. This policy clarification follows concerns highlighted in a ne
Joint Statement on Visa Problems Harming America's Scientific, Economic and Security Interests
Joint statement from twenty-five associations of higher education, science and engineering on new Visa procedures that may harm science, higher education and the nation.
National Security Decision Directive 189
NSDD Directive 189, issued on September 21, 1985, outlines the United States national policy regarding the dissemination of scientific, technical, and engineering information derived from federally funded fundamental research at academic and research institutions. The directive defines fundamental research as basic and applied research in science and engineering whose results are ordinarily publis
