NSDD-189 National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information

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U.S. federal policy document United States national security directive

NSDD-189 is a Reagan-era U.S. national security directive that defines and protects the concept of “fundamental research” by stating that its results should remain unrestricted and openly publishable to the maximum extent possible.

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Label	Occurrences
NSDD-189 National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information canonical	1
U.S. National Disclosure Policy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal policy document ⓘ United States national security directive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NSDD-189 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Security Decision Directive 189 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	engineering information ⓘ federally funded fundamental research ⓘ fundamental research at U.S. laboratories ⓘ fundamental research at U.S. universities ⓘ scientific information ⓘ technical information ⓘ
citationContext	guidance on whether research results are subject to export controls ⓘ
corePrinciple	fundamental research should normally be excluded from export control restrictions ⓘ national security controls on information should be applied through classification ⓘ results of fundamental research should be openly publishable to the maximum extent possible ⓘ results of fundamental research should remain unrestricted ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
definesConcept	fundamental research ⓘ
goal	balance national security with open scientific communication ⓘ provide a uniform U.S. policy on the transfer of fundamental research results ⓘ
impact	limits use of contractual publication restrictions on fundamental research ⓘ reinforces open publication norms in basic research ⓘ
influences	U.S. university research policies ⓘ federal agency treatment of fundamental research ⓘ
issuedBy	President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reagan administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	unclassified directive ⓘ
policyArea	academic freedom ⓘ export control ⓘ national security ⓘ scientific research ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ
protects	academic freedom in research publication ⓘ openness in basic scientific research ⓘ
recognizedBy	U.S. Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ other U.S. federal research agencies ⓘ
relatedTo	Export Administration Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ International Traffic in Arms Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. export control regulations ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
statesThat	to the maximum extent possible, the products of fundamental research should remain unrestricted ⓘ where national security requires control, classification is the appropriate mechanism ⓘ
subjectOf	U.S. federal guidance on university research security ⓘ
timePeriod	Reagan administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic	distinction between fundamental research and controlled research ⓘ transfer of scientific information to foreign nationals ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. research universities ⓘ federal research agencies ⓘ

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National Security Decision Directives of the Reagan administration → hasPart → NSDD-189 National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information ⓘ

FMS → governedBy → NSDD-189 National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering Information ⓘ

subject surface form: Foreign Military Sales

this entity surface form: U.S. National Disclosure Policy