Policies and Procedures
University Policy
Virginia Tech Policy 13045 focuses on governing compliance with U.S. export and sanctions laws. Virginia Tech fully supports compliance with United States export and sanctions laws. These procedures have been enacted to establish, document, and implement actions needed to ensure that the university, and its employees and students, remain in full compliance with international traffic in arms regulations, export administration regulations, foreign assets control regulations and/or other applicable export control or sanction related regulations.
Virginia Tech Technology Control Plan
In accordance with federal regulations, Virginia Tech has established a technology control plan to control access by foreign nationals assigned to, or employed by, cleared contractor facilities. The purpose of this plan is to ensure that the transfer of export controlled items, software, technology, classified information, or other unclassified but restricted data (e.g., for official use only, Naval Nuclear Power Information) is not to be conveyed in any manner to foreign national visitors, employees, and students beyond that which is approved for export by a license or other approval from the appropriate U.S. federal agency, or which is authorized to an individual possessing the required security classification and “need to know.”
Export Controls and Sanctions, Research Security, and Industrial Security Compliance Management
The Office of Sponsored Programs maintains policy OSP 10016. This procedure outlines the requirements necessary to comply with applicable export controls and sanctions, research security, and industrial security laws, statutes, regulations, executive orders, and U.S. government-wide policies governing research activities subject to university policy 13045.
International Travel
In accordance with the Controller’s Office Procedure 20335a: Travel Overview ALL international travelers (including presenters, students, visitors, and other business associates) whose travel expenses are to be charged to university public funds (e.g., sponsored programs, operating, various, etc.) are required to notify the Office of Export and Secure Research Compliance prior to the international travel.
In addition to that notification, Virginia Tech Policy 1070: Global Travel Policy requires all university-supported international travelers to register their travel with the Global Education Office before their expected departure date and to provide updates as additional information becomes available or changes occur during the trip, including cancellations and travel to additional countries. To satisfy both the Office of Export and Secure Research Compliance and Global Education Office international travel requirements, please follow the procedure for registering international travel.
International Visitors
Virginia Tech is required by federal regulations to monitor assignments to its facilities of foreign nationals to ensure that the disclosure of, and access to, export controlled articles and related information are limited to those approved by an export authorization.
In accordance with part 6 of the I-129 visa petition, Virginia Tech must certify whether or not an H-1B/H-1B1/L-1/O-1A applicant requires an export license. Additionally, International Affairs interim procedures require that the Office of Export and Secure Research Compliance review the following other non-immigrant visa petitions: J-1 visiting scholar, E-3, TN, and B visa/VWP visitors.
University Policy 12115: Accepting and Reporting Gifts-in-Kind
Prior to accepting any gift-in-kind, the unit or department is responsible for working with the university’s Office of Export and Secure Research Compliance to ensure that the gift is made in compliance with all sanctions, import and export regulations. If a gift is subject to such regulations, the unit or department must have prior approval from the Office of Export and Secure Research Compliance to accept and handle the gift appropriately.
The Gift-in-Kind Transmittal form provided by the Virginia Tech Foundation for transmitting all gifts-in-kind includes a section for restrictions on use and disposition addressing export control restrictions.