In order to control top priority research and innovations, the Federal Government has provided laws that limit the flow of information and technology across boarders. The details of these laws can be quite complex. Faculty with good intentions can inadvertantly break these laws and put sensitive data at risk. Please see then notice below from Provost Earle Traynham regarding an expert in Export Control laws who will be on the UNF campus in October.
We are pleased to host Mr.
Steve Brotherton, our outside counsel for export control, on Tuesday, October
29 for his annual visit. Export control laws and regulations are complex,
especially in the University setting. Steve is one of the leading export
control attorneys in the country and we are fortunate that he is willing to
share his knowledge of this ever changing field of law with us.
Such laws and regulations
impose restrictions on the release or transfer of certain kinds of information,
technology and physical items to foreign nationals, even when the release
occurs entirely within the United States. The laws and regulations also
address issues involving international travel, international shipping, and the
hiring of foreign nationals. Since many of you are either directly or
indirectly involved in one or more of these areas, your participation in this
workshop is encouraged.
It is especially important
that faculty and staff whose assignment includes work on a sponsored project
(i.e., a contract or grant), and your supervisor(s), become familiar with these
issues because penalties for violation of export control laws are significant,
and apply not only to UNF administrators but also to individual faculty and
staff members.
Please join us on Tuesday,
October 29 from 9:00-10:30 in Room 3804 of the Student Union for our
conversation with Steve. Hope to see you there.
Thanks
Earle
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