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EO 131852000-12-28Clinton

To Strengthen the Federal Government-University Research Partnership

This executive order establishes guiding and operating principles for the federal government's research partnership with universities, drawn from a 1999 National Science and Technology Council report. It directs OSTP to conduct regular reviews of the partnership's health and report to the President with improvement recommendations. The order explicitly disclaims creating any enforceable legal rights.

Memo1997-03-27Clinton

Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research

This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.

EO 130351997-02-11Clinton

Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet

This executive order establishes a 25-member advisory committee to counsel the National Science and Technology Council on high-performance computing, communications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet. The committee is tasked with independently assessing progress on the HPCC Program and related initiatives, with Department of Defense administrative support, and will automatically terminate after two years unless extended.

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