Government Must Ease Security Restrictions on University Research, Says National Academies Panel

By Richard Monastersky

Security restrictions imposed since 2001 have unnecessarily constrained university researchers, and those controls should be loosened in order to enhance the nation's economic and strategic competitiveness, according to a report issued by the National Research Council of the National Academies on Thursday.

The report's authors, a committee of high-ranking officials with experience in academe and the defense agencies, argued against policies that would tighten controls on

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Ease Security Limits on Research, Panel Says - November 2, 2007
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