U.S. export control regulations forbid us to take or send certain devices, materials (organic or inorganic), or software to certain other countries, unless we have a license to do so. They also forbid us to release technical information about those items to persons who are in certain other countries and to citizens of those countries, when they are working or studying with us in the U.S. The kind of technical information that the regulations are referring to is that which a person would need to develop, produce or understand (very intimately) the devices, materials and software that are restricted for export. Such information is referred to as “technology” in the Dept. of Commerce’s Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and as “technical data” in the Dept. of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (the “ITAR”). The Export Control Office works with academic and administrative units throughout the organization to prevent technology and technical data from being released in violation o