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...admirable effort to reverse the Reagan Administration's tight controls on the free exchange of information, Vice President for Government and Community Affairs John Shattuck and Director of Policy Analysis Muriel Morisey Spence '69 last week issued a 32-page report urging President Bush to undertake a "Presidential Initiative on Information Policy" that would overhaul current federal information policies...
...Shattuck report calls on Bush to revamp the classification system and reduce the existing system of export controls and other related restrictions regarding the dissemination of unclassified scientific and technical information. It comes at a crucial time, when the United States is falling behind in the race to develop new technology...
...Shattuck report addresses only half the problem that Bush must face in revitalizing the nation's economy. If the United States is to compete effectively in the world market, it must, at the same time as it loosens the classification and export control strictures, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights...
...Reagan Administration information policies have greatly hindered scientific research and technological innovation, thereby handicapping the American economy and potentially damaging our national security. In the spirit of the Shattuck report, we urge President Bush to put an end to a policy that has proven ethically and economically disastrous...
...agree with the majority's endorsement of the Shattuck plan, but disagree with the premise that it would enhance national security by expediting technological developments. The Reagan Administration's fear that free exchange of information might threaten national security is not unfounded. Many weapons in the Soviet arsenal include technology stolen from the United States. Even if loosening restrictions on the exchange of information does not damage national security, it certainly would not enhance...