In the November issue of funding ActiviTEES you learned about Dr. J. Reece Roth, a retired engineering professor from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Roth was found guilty on 18 counts of conspiracy, fraud and violating the Arms Export Control Act. At the time of our first article Dr. Roth was awaiting sentencing for his crimes. Update…
July 1, 2009 Dr. Roth was sentenced to four years in prison for the export of “fifteen different ‘defense articles’ to a citizen of the People’s Republic of China.” U.S. Attorney Russ Dedrick stated “This case should send a stern warning to those who would betray the trust of our nation by violating the export control laws by providing our military information to foreign nationals.”
At TEES we realize that compliance issues can seem to get in the way of research. But please remember that the research administrators and compliance officials are working to not only keep TEES in compliance with federal regulations but also to protect you, the researcher. If you have any questions regarding Export Control contact Sean Rubino, TEES Compliance Officer at srubino@tamu.edu or (979) 458-7652.
For more information on Dr. Roth’s case visit:
http://www.fulbright.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=publications.detail&pub_id=3985&site_id=494&detail=yes
When preparing a proposal and throughout the life of a project compliance issues can seem to get in the way of research. But it is important to know that the research administrators and compliance officials are working to not only keep TEES in compliance with federal regulations but also to protect the researchers.
On September 3, 2008 Dr. J. Reece Roth, an ex-engineering professor, from the University of Tennessee was found guilty on 18 counts of conspiracy, fraud and violating the Arms Export Control Act. According to the Associated Press Dr. Roth is now facing up to 160 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. The AP goes on to say that this is “the first time the government used the Arms Export Control Act to crack down on the distribution of restricted data, not hardware, to foreigners in a university setting.”
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On April 10th Alex Lopes from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security was at the Texas A&M University campus to present a training workshop for researchers dealing the Deemed Export Controls. For those who missed the training, a webcast is available at
http://tees.tamu.edu/index.jsp?page=trc_export_controls.
Export control laws regulate the conditions under which certain information, technologies and commodities can be transmitted to anyone overseas or to a foreign national in the United States. The purpose of these export control laws is to protect national economic, security and foreign policy interests.
Several federal agencies implement export control rules and regulations. Each agency possesses jurisdiction over specific types of technology or restricted trade. Each agency possesses different and changing rules and lists for specifying who or what is considered export sensitive and where export controls apply. The most relevant agencies are:
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