NOTICE: The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and their use for the general welfare. Under the authority of its congressional charter of 1863, the Academy has a working mandate that calls upon it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. The Academy carries out this mandate primarily through the National Research Council, which it jointly administers with the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press is President of the NAS.

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) was established in 1964, under the charter of the NAS, as a parallel organization of distinguished engineers, autonomous in its administration and in the selection of members, sharing with the NAS its responsibilities for advising the federal government. Dr. Robert M. White is President of the NAE.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was chartered in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist distinguished members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. In this, the Institute acts under both the Academy’s 1863 congressional charter responsibility to be an adviser to the federal government and its own initiative in identifying issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Samuel O. Thier is President of the IOM.

The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) is a joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. It includes members of the councils of all three bodies.

This report is the result of the work of an independent panel appointed by COSEPUP, which has authorized its release to the public.

SPONSORS: Three agencies of the federal government provided principal support for the study: the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State. A limited amount of additional funding was provided by the Industry Coalition on Technology Transfer.

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Finding common ground : U.S. export controls in a changed global environment / Panel on the Future Design and Implementation of U.S. National Security Export Controls, Committee on  Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of  Engineering, Institute of Medicine. 

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Includes index. 

1. Export controls—United States. 2. United States—Commercial policy. I. Committee on  Science, Engineering, and Public Policy  (U.S.). Panel on the Future Design and Implementation  of U.S. National Security Export Controls. 

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