December 2007
Department of Commerce: Deemed Export Advisory Committee Final Report
Deemed Export Rule in an Era of Globalization, the DEAC's final report, states that the current deemed export regime "no longer effectively serves its intended purpose and should be replaced with an approach that better reflects the realities of today's national security needs and global economy." The current regime has been made obsolete, they note, by a combination of significant developments in S&T, freely flowing information exchange, human resource mobility, evolving national economies and the changing character of threats to America's security. They propose a fundamentally new approach to controlling deemed exports. As the report highlights, the dilemma in establishing deemed export policy is that any rules that are "too permissive may allow scientific and engineering knowledge possessed by the United States to be accessed by foreign nationals intent on harming the United States, whereas rules that are too restrictive may deny the United States ready access to the world's scientific and engineering community and the expanding base of knowledge it possesses."
May 2006
Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security: Deemed Exports Advisory Committee
The Department of Commerce announced that it will create a Federal Advisory Committee to offer recommendations on future deemed export policy (71 FR 29301). From the DOC web site "The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is announcing the creation of a Federal Advisory Committee that will review and provide recommendations to the Department of Commerce on deemed export policy. The Deemed Export Advisory Committee (DEAC) will help ensure that the deemed export licensing policy most effectively protects national security while ensuring the U.S. continues to be at the leading edge of technological innovation. This notice also provides an overview of steps that BIS has taken to improve understanding of deemed export policy within academia and industry, including outreach activities conducted by BIS."
