Download or read book Defense Technologies written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense technologies : DOD's critical technologies lists rarely inform export control and other policy decisions : report to the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives.
Download or read book Defense Technologies DOD s Critical Technologies Lists Rarely Inform Export Control and Other Policy Decisions written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advantage is fundamental to U.S. military dominance in 21st-century warfare. Major acquisitions in the Department of Defense Defense's (DOD) ongoing force transformation including manned and unmanned aircraft systems, networkcentric communications systems, and air and ground weapons rely on maintaining technological superiority. Failure to identify and protect critical technologies makes U.S. military assets vulnerable to cloning, neutralization, or other action that degrades current and anticipated capabilities. To help minimize these risks, DOD Dod's Militarily Critical Technologies Program developed and periodically updates two lists of technologies the Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) and the Developing Science and Technologies List (DSTL) each consisting of 20 sections. These lists are primarily intended to inform U.S. export control decisions, but can also help inform counterintelligence activities, research plans, and technology protection programs. As such, the MCTL and DSTL are considered fundamental to identifying technologies critical to national security that can help inform decisions to ensure U.S. technological advantage for the warfighter. Redefined national security threats, rapid technological advances, and increasing efforts by adversaries to gain access to U.S. military weapon system technology heighten the need to identify and protect militarily critical technologies. Given the importance of the MCTL and DSTL, you asked us to (1) assess the Militarily Critical Technologies Program's process for updating the MCTL and DSTL and (2) determine how the lists are used to inform export control and DOD policy decisions.
Download or read book Defense Technologies written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gao 06 793 Defense Technologies written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-06-793 Defense Technologies: DOD's Critical Technologies Lists Rarely Inform Export Control and Other Policy Decisions
Download or read book Protecting defense technologies written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protecting Defense Technologies written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Download or read book Protecting Defense Technologies written by Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " DOD spends billions of dollars on sophisticated weapon systems and technologies to maintain military superiority. Such technologies are vulnerable to exploitation when exported, stolen, or lost during military missions. To identify critical technologies and help minimize these risks, DOD established the MCTL-a technical reference-as well as a compendium of worldwide emerging technologies. In 2006, GAO reported that the MCTL was out of date and not meeting users' requirements, and subsequently included the list as a key component of GAO's high risk area on protecting critical technologies. This report updates GAO's 2006 work and reviews the extent to which 1) DOD has addressed weaknesses in updating and maintaining the MCTL, and 2) agencies use the MCTL as a resource in identifying critical technologies. GAO reviewed laws, directives, and guidance, as well as documentation of DOD actions since 2006 to address MCTL concerns and interviewed officials from DOD and the Departments of Commerce, State, and the Treasury. "
Download or read book Safeguarding America s Critical Technologies and Avoiding Personal Risk An Introduction to Export Control and Critical Technology Restrictions written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All DOD researchers both those employed by the Federal Government and those from the industrial base become familiar with the regulations concerning classified documents and technologies early in their career. Use of safes, secure buildings and rooms, proper handling, labeling and storage are all part of the day-to-day world of dealing with classified information but how much do you know about export control regulations and the control of data and technologies that while not classified are still vital to the marketing superiority of the U.S.? For instance, suppose an engineer develops an improved processing method for high temperature ceramics that enables near net shape manufacture of complex parts. A paper is prepared which details the production method and various materials used and is presented at a Materials Research Society (MRS) conference. Forty people are in attendance during this particular session and the paper is published in the proceedings of the conference Does this engineer realize that a law may have been broken? The Department of Defense is congressionally mandated to maintain a list detailing those critical technologies that help maintain the superiority of U.S. armed forces. Technologies on this list are considered for integration into the Department of Commerce's export control lists, such that proliferation may be limited. In the example above, the engineer, in a public forum, presented a processing method that may produce components with performance characteristics which provide a competitive military edge over our adversaries.
Download or read book Protecting Defense Technologies written by Belva Martiin and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-24 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrating the Critical Technologies Approach Into the Defense Export Control Process written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partial contents: Recommended Option for Revising the DoD Export License Review Process; Recommended Changes to DoD Documentation for Implementing Export Controls; A Recommended Program for Developing An Export Control Data Base for the ELRP; and Institutionalizing the Assessment of Militarily Critical Technologies.
Download or read book The Critical Technologies Project Executive Summary written by Ronald A. Finkler and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of the Critical Technologies Project whose objective is to develop for DoD recommended entries for the Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) in selected technology areas for their consideration as a first step in meeting the Congressional mandate to introduce an MCTL into the export control procedures. This report is an executive summary of work performed by the IDA/DoD/Industry Technical Working Groups (TWGs).
Download or read book An Assessment of the Importance of Technologies to Military Capabilities written by Gary A. Frisvold and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress required the Department of Defense to identify lists of critical technologies in a form that can be used in export control. A Mission-Technology Correlation Task Force (MTCTF) was established to analyze technologies and mission areas with regard to their likely impact on the future military balance. The analysis described in this report is limited to three mission areas: land-based ICBM strike, tactical air warfare (close air support and battlefield interdiction), and theater nuclear warfare (air delivered). In each of the three areas the technologies are prioritized on the basis of their importance to the U.S. and their potential contribution to Soviet capability. It is concluded that the ranking of technologies resulting from the analysis provides a valuable input into decisions on export restrictions. If this approach is to be extended to other mission areas or lists of technologies, the lessons from this analysis should be applied.
Download or read book An Analysis of Export Control of U S Technology A DOD Perspective A Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Export of U S Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assessment of selected technologies, their impact on U.S. strategic requirements, transfer mechanisms, and current effectiveness of export control restrictions reinforce the need for export controls and the CoCom agreement as a defense necessity. The effectiveness of these controls for the more critical technologies needs to be improved through definition of policy objectives, simplified criteria, and a more pragmatic approach to the review and approval of license applications. Products of technology not directly of significance to the Department of Defense should be eliminated from controls to enable more effective control of significant items. The findings and principal recommendations of the Task Force are discussed in this report.
Download or read book Militarily Critical Technologies List Developing Critical Technologies written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DoD) Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL) is a product of the militarily critical technologies program (MCTP) process. This process involves a systematic, ongoing assessment and analysis of technologies to determine those that are critical to U.S. military forces. It assigns values and parameters to the technologies and covers the worldwide technology spectrum. Technologies are selected for the MCTL through the deliberation and consensus of Technology Working Groups (TWGs). TWG chairpersons continually screen technologies and nominate items to be added or removed from the MCTL. Working with an informal structure, TWG members who come from government, industry, and academia strive to produce precise and objective analyses across the technology areas. Part II of the MCTL is titled Developing Critical Technologies. Developing Critical Technologies lists technologies that will produce increasingly superior performance of military systems or maintain a superior capability more affordably. It focuses on worldwide technologies that will become available in the future for incorporation into U.S. weapons systems.
Download or read book Protecting defense technologies written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense Fiscal Years 2001 2007 written by Sharon Pickup and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report to congressional committees regarding the DoD¿s progress in implementing GAO's recommendations over the last 7 years. During this period of time, GAO issued 637 reports to DoD that included 2,726 recommendations. By law, agencies, including DoD, are required to submit written statements explaining actions taken in response to recommendations that have been made. This report contains the results of an analysis on the implementation status of the 2,726 recommendations made to DoD in reports issued during FY 2001 through 2007. Includes examples of related financial accomplishments reported for the period, based on DoD-related work. Illustrations.
Download or read book Export Controls written by Bert Chapman and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International trade plays an enormous role in economic growth and prosperity. This activity can also be used to transfer military equipment, knowledge, and technology to hostile governments and transnational terrorist and criminal organizations seeking to attack and destroy their enemies. The U.S. and other countries have used economic sanctions such as export controls to try to restrict and eliminate the transfer of weapons and financial assets to these governments and organizations. This work examines how the U.S. has attempted to restrict the export of national security sensitive equipment, finance, knowledge, and technology since World War II with varying degrees of success and failure. It also examines how multiple U.S. Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and international government organizations seek to influence U.S. international trade, foreign, and security policies while concluding that some export controls are essential for promoting and defending U.S. national security interests.
