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The export control regulations summarized here each impose severe monetary and criminal penalties for failure to comply with their requirements. | The export control regulations summarized here each impose severe monetary and criminal penalties for failure to comply with their requirements. | ||
== Export Licenses for Overseas Shipments == | == Export Licenses for Overseas Shipments == | ||
The U.S. Department of Commerce has export jurisdiction over all goods and all "technology" or information in the United States, unless some other agency has expressly been given such authority. However, this does not mean that a license must be obtained before any item or piece of information can be shipped. An Export Control Decision Tree is available to assist in determining the applicability of export control regulations in the case of shipments of tangible items or transfers or transmission of software code or information outside U.S. borders | The U.S. Department of Commerce has export jurisdiction over all goods and all "technology" or information in the United States, unless some other agency has expressly been given such authority. However, this does not mean that a license must be obtained before any item or piece of information can be shipped. An [http://wiki.unmc.edu/images/c/c2/Export_Control_Decision_Tree.pdf Export Control Decision Tree] is available to assist in determining the applicability of export control regulations in the case of shipments of tangible items or transfers or transmission of software code or information outside U.S. borders. | ||
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In order to determine whether it is necessary to obtain an export license from the relevant federal agency to send tangible items or to transfer or transmit software code or information outside the United States, the researcher preparing the shipment or transfer needs to consider: | In order to determine whether it is necessary to obtain an export license from the relevant federal agency to send tangible items or to transfer or transmit software code or information outside the United States, the researcher preparing the shipment or transfer needs to consider: | ||
*whether the software code or information is proprietary or disclosure-restricted and thus possibly export controlled, or whether it resulted from fundamental research to which export controls do not apply, | *whether the software code or information is proprietary or disclosure-restricted and thus possibly export controlled, or whether it resulted from fundamental research to which export controls do not apply, | ||
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[http://wiki.unmc.edu/images/c/c2/Export_Control_Decision_Tree.pdf Export Control Decision Tree] | |||
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[http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html ITAR Website] | [http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html ITAR Website] | ||