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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security." National Research Council. 2007. Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12013.
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APPENDIX B
Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security

Reporting Agency

Report

Related Findings/Recommendations

Release Date

National Academies: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Scientific Communication and National Security; also known as the “Corson Report”

Contributed to the federal policy stated in National Security Decision Directive 189 (NSDD-189), National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information. NSDD-189 was reaffirmed in 2001 by Dr. Condoleeza Rice.

1982

U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century

Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change; also known as the “Hart-Rudman Report” In the Public Interest: Report of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Access to and Disclosure of Scientific Information Dual-Use Biological Equipment: Difficulties in Domestic Regulation Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: An Unprecedented World

Recommended the creation of Department of Homeland Security, doubling of federal investment in research and development and in increased focus on science education.

2001

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recommended that no classified research be performed on MIT’s main campus.

2002

Congressional Research Service

Outlined options for regulating dual-use biological equipment, Underscores the difficulties and likely limited impact of such regulations.

2003

Stanford University: Center for International Security and

Recommends the United States limit classified biodefense work and perform such work with transparency to dissuade an increase in global biodefense

2004

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security." National Research Council. 2007. Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12013.
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Cooperation

 

research.

This report led to the creation in 2004 of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which was established under DHHS to advise all federal departments and agencies that conduct or support life sciences research that could potentially be dual use.

 

National Academies: Development, Security and Cooperation

Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism; also known as the “Fink Report”

2004

Government Accountability Office

Streamlined Visas Mantis Program Has Lowered Burden on Foreign Science Students and Scholars, But Further Refinements Needed

This report was commissioned because of the delay found in processing visa applications of foreign students and scholars; when released the report found that the delay had been significantly reduced.

2005

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Global Evolution of Dual-Use Biotechnology

Outlined differences between previous warfare equipment regulation with dual-use biological equipment and the difficulty in regulating equipment for dual-use research.

2005

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Security Controls on Scientific Information and the Conduct of Scientific Research Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States Rising Above the Gathering Storm;

Asserted that an open scientific environment is needed for the greatest security of the United States.

2005

National Academies: Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

Recommended reshaping federal policies that govern the movement and activities of international scientists and engineers, particularly with respect to visa and immigration policy.

2005

National Academies:

America’s economic leadership is being challenged by globalization;

2005

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security." National Research Council. 2007. Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12013.
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Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

also known as the “Gathering Storm”

recommended increasing and strengthening math and science education, as well as science and technology research and development.

Recommended that OSTP initiate dialogue between federal and state governments and research universities on the balance between protecting information vital to national security and the free and open way in which university research is accomplished.

Asserted that the competitiveness of American science and technology enterprises depends on foreign nationals and international collaborations.

Report asserts that the best way to handle future malevolent uses of biotechnology is to have open access to scientific information, broad definitions about potential threats, and increased scientific expertise in the security community.

 

National Research Council

Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism

2002

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Security Controls on the Access of Foreign Scientists and Engineers to the United States

2005

National Academies: Board on Global Health

Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

2006

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security." National Research Council. 2007. Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12013.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Previous Reports Regarding Science and Security." National Research Council. 2007. Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12013.
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Based on a series of regional meetings on university campuses with officials from the national security community and academic research institutions, this report identifies specific actions that should be taken to maintain a thriving scientific research environment in an era of heightened security concerns. Actions include maintaining the open exchange of scientific information, fostering a productive environment for international scholars in the U.S., reexamining federal definitions of sensitive but unclassified research, and reviewing policies on deemed export controls. The federal government should establish a standing entity, preferably a Science and Security Commission, that would review policies regarding the exchange of information and the participation of foreign-born scientists and students in research.

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