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MODULE 7: Export Controls

Communications to foreign entities off-campus

Exports of technical information about a defense article can take place either through exchange of documents, through oral exchanges in person or by telephone, or by electronic exchanges, including fax transmission or email.  An export can also take place simply by furnishing assistance, including training, related to a defense article to foreign persons.    For example, a foreign colleague may require software code to perform a step in the research and requests his US colleague to email it to him; if it is controlled technology a license may be required.