COGR, together with AAU and APLU, submitted joint comments to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on its interim final rule, which expands end-user controls to...
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Balancing the need to protect national security and economic interests with the open, collaborative nature of higher education can be challenging in sensitive technology areas subject to export control regulations.
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COGR Submits Response to Interim Final Rule—“Implementation of Controls on Advanced Technologies Consistent with Controls Implemented by International Partners”
COGR submitted a formal response to the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security's interim final rule regarding the implementation of export...
COGR Endorses AUECO Comments to BIS on End-Use and End-User Based Export Controls, Including U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and Intelligence End Use and End Users
The Association of University Export Control Officers (AUECO) submitted comments regarding the U.S. Department of Commerce’s proposed amendments to export controls...
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COGR Endorses AUECO Comments to BIS on End-Use and End-User Based Export Controls, Including U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and Intelligence End Use and End Users
The Association of University Export Control Officers (AUECO) submitted comments regarding the U.S. Department of Commerce’s proposed amendments to export controls on end-use and end-user activities, particularly those relating to military and intelligence applications. While AUECO welcomed provisions that clarify regulatory requirements and exclude low-risk academic activities from unnecessary co
COGR Endorses AUECO Comment Letter to BIS on Export Administration Regulations: Crime Controls and Expansion/Update of U.S. Persons Controls
The Association of University Export Control Officers (AUECO), representing over 500 compliance professionals at more than 200 U.S. higher education institutions, submitted comments regarding the U.S. Department of Commerce’s proposed amendments to the Export Administration Regulations related to crime controls and U.S. persons controls. AUECO expresses concern that the current definitions and pro
COGR Endorses AUECO Letter to U.S. Department of State on International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services
The Association of University Export Control Officers (AUECO), supported by the Council on Government Relations (COGR), responds to the U.S. Department of State’s proposed revisions to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) related to defense services. AUECO generally welcomes the increased clarity and reduction of redundancies in the definitions and controls, noting that such change
Follow-Up from Zoom Meeting with BIS Representatives re. the Civil Space Industrial Base (CSIB) Survey and Assessment
The document is a follow-up communication from COGR Member Services summarizing key points discussed during a Zoom meeting with representatives from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regarding the Civil Space Industrial Base (CSIB) Survey and Assessment. The CSIB survey, prompted by a NASA congressional mandate under the Chips and Science Act (Public Law 117-167), aims to provide a compreh
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
