China: efforts underway to address technology transfer risk at U.S. universities, but ICE could improve related data : report to congressional requesters / United States Government Accountabilty Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Technology transfer--Prevention--Management--Government policy--United States.

Technology transfer.

Technology transfer--Risk assessment.

Students, Foreign--Education (Graduate)--United States.

Students, Foreign.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 55 pages) : color illustrations, color charts

Other Title:

China: efforts underway to address technology transfer risk at United States universities, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement could improve related data

Efforts underway to address technology transfer risk at U.S. universities, but ICE could improve related data

GAO-23-106114 Technology Transfer to China

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2022.

Summary:

A third of foreign graduate students studying STEM at U.S. universities are Chinese nationals--some with access to sensitive research. U.S. agencies have identified several factors indicating the types of students--such as being from a country of concern like China--who may pose a greater risk of transferring technology to foreign entities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement keeps a database related to these factors but hasn't assessed if it needs updating to capture additional data related to these risks. Also, some ICE data that may indicate students' access to technology is incomplete. GAO is making two recommendations to ICE to establish milestones for a required assessment and improve data related to factors that may indicate risk of technology transfer.

Contents:

Background

ICE data that could help agencies assess technology transfer risks are incomplete

Grant-making agencies have increased investigations of researchers with PRC affiliations but generally do not consider individuals' nationality or citizenship

Conclusions

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments and our evaluation

Appendices.

Notes:

"November 2022."

"GAO-23-106114."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed November 17, 2022).

OCLC:

1350931566