In the Public Interest

By Edelman, Elazer

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Title:	In the Public Interest
Author:	Edelman, Elazer
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Introduction: MIT has a long and distinguished record of public service. Our report documents past public service contributions and the policies that underlie them, but primarily it seeks to anticipate the challenges to MIT’s mission that will arise from changing world conditions. The committee was established jointly by the Provost and the Chairman of the Faculty to examine MIT’s policies dealing with restrictions on research, such as those arising from classified or industry-sponsored research. The committee’s work was done at a time of change in laws governing access to materials and information and disclosure of research results that followed the events of September 11, 2001. Restrictions on access to select biological agents, the application of export control provisions to university researchers, and a growing pressure to treat research results as sensitive create a new landscape for faculty, students, and MIT as an institution.

Table of Contents
1 Service To The Nation: A History of Research and Research Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Founding and Early Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 World War II: The Radiation Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 The Instrumentation Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4 Summer Studies and the Establishment of Lincoln Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.5 Reconsideration of the Special Laboratories: The Pounds Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.6 The Role of Fundamental Research in Technology Transfer in the 80’s: . . . . . . 5 NSDD 189 1.7 MIT Policies Dealing With Restrictions on Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Developing Concerns on Access and Control of Scientific Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Responsibilities and Restrictions on the Handling of Scientific Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1 Classified Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.2 Sensitive Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.3 Export Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.4 The USA Patriot Act: Select Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.5 Industry-Sponsored Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.6 Other Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 Statement of MIT Values and Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 Rationale for Performing Classified Research at MIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 Implications of Performing Classified Research On Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19