Soviet Commercial Technologies Interagency Technology Assessment Group (ITAG)
Abstract
Members of the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce have agreed to co-chair an Interagency Technology Assessment Group (ITAG) to develop a list of technologies where it is estimated that the Soviets lead western accomplishments. The ITAG's executive committee is composed of members from the Department of Commerce, Office of Foreign Availability, and Department of Defense, Office of Strategic Planning. This ITAG is chartered to bring together the appropriate U.S. technical interests which will facilitate U.S. industry access to Soviet technology. The result of the Group's activities is a report listing those Soviet scientific advances which may lead U.S. scientific capabilities. The Soviet technology can be measured in scientific (mathematical or physical terms; or in business terms (cheaper to manufacture, less person- power intensive, etc.); or in both scientific and business terms. The purpose for developing this documentation is that, while the USSR is going through this period of political transition and requiring hard currency for expanding their industrial capabilities, they are making their scientific advances available for purchase by the West at an unprecedented rate. It would be in the U.S.'s best interests (both government and industry) to examine these offering to procure these beneficial scientific advances while they are available for sale from the USSR.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA227672
Entities
People
- Jerome T. Murphy
Organizations
- United States Department of Commerce