General Accounting Office (GAO) Study on US Government Programs and Activities Tracking Foreign Dual-Use Technologies

Abstract

The Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security Economics, Joint Economic Committee, asked us to develop a compendium of federal programs and activities that track foreign dual-use technologies. He asked that for each such activity we obtain information on the program objective, technologies and countries tracked, budget and staff resources, and agency products produced from the information collected, access to these products, and their potential application. As subsequently agreed with the Chairman's office, we are providing this interim report listing the federal agencies that we have identified which track foreign technologies and our preliminary observations on coordination of these tracking activities. We also agreed to limit the list to agencies that collect or generate information about foreign technologies as opposed to those that merely use information collected or generated by others. (KR)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 22, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212019

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  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

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