The Technology Security Program. A Report to the 99th Congress, Second Session
Abstract
Within the Department of Defense, the military services are working with the Defense Technology Security Administration and other offices to develop and implement effective and practical controls on advanced technologies. DoD has proposed and has collaborated with the Dept. of Commerce to establish a certified end-users system for granting export licenses that will ease greatly the burden of exporting to reliable foreign firms. DoD has made technology security a central element in agreements with our allies on the Strategic Defense Initiative and on other cooperative programs in military technology. The United States, the other NATO nations and Japan continue to revise the COCOM (coordinating Committee on Export Controls) control list and to negotiate with non-COCOM countries for the protection of Western technology. One measure of our success is that COCOM has not licensed a single new turnkey factory for the production of sensitive goods to the Soviet Union in the past five years. In the next five years, our efforts in technology security will be primarily consolidation and further institutional development. In the coming half decade we must reinforce a proven program, making it even more effective and efficient. Here at home we must complete the automation of the export control system. DoD has used automation to reduce greatly the time for reviewing applications for export licenses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA194106
Entities
People
- Caspar W. Weinberger
Organizations
- United States Department of Defense