May 26, 2006

Panel to Review Export-Control Law

By KELLY FIELD

The U.S. Commerce Department is poised to announce that it plans to create a committee to study ways to control foreign students' and scholars' access to sensitive technologies, postponing for at least a year the release of a new rule on what are called "deemed exports."

The 12-member advisory committee, which will consist of volunteers from academe and industry, as well as experts on intelligence and national security, will recommend ways to bolster national security, while ensuring

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