Technical Assistance to Assess Communication and Use of Unclassified Scientific and Technical Information Subject to National Security Controls

本规划项目审查了系统性 研究国家安全控制对国家安全的影响 进行研究和传播未分类的 科学和技术信息。 的目标 建议的评估是（1）确定在多大程度上 科学家和工程师了解这些限制;（2） 评估科学家和工程师如何试图平衡价值观 （3）在保护国家利益的前提下， 记录这些限制对研究的影响， 传播科学和技术信息。 在这 在规划阶段，一个具有以下专业知识的顾问团队 实质性问题、拟议的 评估，以及有关群体的观点， 将协助项目工作人员解决概念问题， 与开展这种活动有关的技术困难 考核 项目工作人员将分发一份初步的 小组成员将开会， 并细化研究问题和设计。 工作人员将 分发商定的研究工具和计划草案 为团队成员和两名独立顾问进行数据分析 以供进一步改进。 在这项工作之后，AAAS将提交 最后报告，包括主要研究问题、工具、 和分析计划。 该报告还将讨论 评估可以服务于什么。 科学信息交流中的公开和保密问题 和技术信息都是科学进步的核心 和人类福祉 很少有系统的研究 给他们. 项目发起人、工作人员和规划小组成员 都非常有资格开始这些努力。 这个项目 应该提供有益的结果本身，并刺激未来 在这一领域的努力。 由于这些原因， 建议10,000元。

This planning project examines the potential for systematic research on the impacts of national security controls on the conduct of research and the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information. The objectives of the proposed assessment are (1) to determine the extent to which scientists and engineers understand the restrictions; (2) to assess how scientists and engineers attempt to balance the values of openness with protection of the national interest; and (3) to document the impact of such restrictions on research and the dissemination of scientific and technical information. In this planning phase, a team of consultants with expertise about the substantive issues, the methodological aspects of the proposed assessment, and the perspectives of concerned constituencies, will assist the project staff in addressing the conceptual and technical difficulties associated with undertaking such an assessment. Project staff will circulate a preliminary discussion paper to the team, whose members will meet to define and refine the research questions and design. Staff will then circulate a draft of the agreed-on research instruments and plans for data analysis to team members and two independent consultants for further refinement. Following this work, AAAS will submit a final report, including the key research questions, instruments, and plans for analysis to NSF. The report will also address uses which the assessment could serve. Issues of openness and secrecy in the communication of scientific and technical information are central both to scientific progress and human well-being. Little systematic research has been done to them. The project sponsor, staff and planning group members are very well qualified to begin these efforts. This project should provide useful results by itself and stimulate future efforts in this field. For these reasons, support in the amount of $10,000 is recommended.