Runge has been instrumental in building awareness of export controls and, in addition to creating right-sized policies and procedures, he has created a campuswide network of knowledgeable individuals who serve as “eyes and ears” in proactively and cohesively managing UGA’s export control obligations. “Dan has the perfect balance of technical knowledge, abilities in project management and interpersonal skills to be successful in building UGA’s export compliance program,” King said. His bachelor’s degree in history a law degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Laws in International Law, with an emphasis in international trade and business, from the University of San Diego, prepared him to deal with the intricacies of export control law in UGA’s academic and research environment. The key recommendation of the study was to dedicate a staff resource-an export compliance professional-to develop “user-friendly” control procedures and implement these in a way that supports compliance while not impeding research and business activities.īefore coming to UGA, Runge worked in law school admissions at Texas Tech University School of Law and as a prosecutor in Kansas state court. “A few years ago, we realized that UGA’s burgeoning international engagement in research, teaching and outreach along with an expanding scope of research in engineering, biological, agricultural, veterinary and marine sciences was creating export control risks,” King said.Ī 2013 study commissioned by Vice President for Research David Lee confirmed those risks and paved the way for a set of recommendations to mitigate the institution’s risk while minimizing the burden to researchers and others. Neither is an attractive option.īut neither need be the case, said Dan Runge, UGA’s export compliance officer, who in 2014 joined the Office of Research Compliance in the Office of the Vice President for Research, to assure that UGA and its researchers can continue growing its international engagement while reducing the risk of violating national security concerns.Ĭhris King, associate vice president for research compliance, acknowledges that the regulation of export controls is an exceedingly complex area, in large part because it is governed by three different federal agencies with overlapping-and sometime contradictory-rules and guidance. Or, it could be an image of bewildering forms covered with government legal jargon. When you hear “export control regulations,” your mind might conjure up images of professors behind bars for disclosing national secrets.
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