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Speaking at a conference on national security and the academy held at MIT last month, Vest outlined for a group of scholars the constellation of post-Sept. 11 legislation, a virtual alphabet soup of acts and procedures...
After discussing the history and implications of SEVIS, Vest spoke about the Technology Alert List—a combination of old and new procedures used to process the visa applications of researchers undertaking work that could potentially endanger national security. The list has grown rapidly since Sept...
...Vest also discussed the Interagency Panel on Advanced Science and Security (IPASS), a work in progress designed to make it easier for foreign scholars to pursue valuable research work in the U.S. under national security regulations...
Seen as a whole, Vest contended, the new legislation encompasses far more than visa concerns and flawed registration systems...
...host of restrictions on research—and new requirements about reporting information to the government—threaten to interject governmental influence into the fundamental components of academic inquiry, Vest has said repeatedly in public appearances since last year...