Proposed Export Rules Could Stifle Innovation... and caused major headaches for u.s. universities

Proposed Export Rules Could Stifle Innovation:

In a report finished last year, The Inspector General (IG) argued that the current standards for licensing were too loose and that potentially hostile foreign nationals could still get access to controlled technology. The IG proposed three changes to close these loopholes:

Amend the current definition of “use” technology by adding “or” to the definition of “use” by ensuring access to controlled technologies is limited to those involved in the “operation, installation (including onsite installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul, and refurbishing;
Begin using a foreign national’s country of birth, instead of the current practice of using a foreign national’s most recent citizenship or permanent residency, as the basis for determining deemed export licenses;
Clarification of the supplemental questions used for understanding how the EAR is applied for the publication of government-sponsored research and the use of technology for fundamental research.

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how many universities have foreign nationals on their computing staffs? how many of those colleagues have access to technology that might be on the controlled list in the day to day work of their job?

this could cause problems down the road.