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Ramu,</div>
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Thank you for this list. I will work to compile all questions as I promised. To others who email me with their questions, please email to both my UNO account (nbiggio@uno.edu) and my personal email (ncbiggio@gmail.com) due to current system issues at UNO.
We do seem to have email now but I want an insurance policy. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> on behalf of B. Ramu Ramachandran <ramu@coes.latech.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2023 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Act 767 questions</font>
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<div>This email is meant for you bit I am copying the mailing list in case others want to jump on this thread. Thank you for agreeing to compile the questions/concerns from this group for John Maloy.</div>
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<div>The main problems I see with Act 767 are these:</div>
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<div>1) There does not appear to be an official list of Foreign Countries of Concern (FCoC) that we can consult.</div>
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<div>2) The Act leaves it up to the institutions to determine whether the individual's past history poses a concern. Section 1826.3 (D) (6) says (see slide 13 of John Maloy's presentation, my bold-face): "<span style="font-size:10pt">Requesting further investigation,
including but not limited to a second background check performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Louisiana State Police, or any other qualified local law enforcement agency, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">if any of the individual's information
provided on the online non-immigrant visa application Form DS-160 <b>raises any security concerns for the institution</b> about the individual's relationship with a foreign country of concern.</span><span style="font-size:10pt">"</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:10pt">3) Section 1826.3.(A) (1) (c) (Page 5 of the Act) says the additional screening should kick in if "</span><span style="font-size:10pt">The person has at least one year of prior employment or training in </span><span style="font-size:10pt">a
foreign country of concern as defined in R.S. 17:1826.2, except for </span><span style="font-size:10pt">employment or training by an agency of the United States government.</span><span style="font-size:10pt">" </span><span style="font-size:10pt">If the practice
of providing part-time employment to graduate students is common in other countries, then it seems to me that we are essentially prohibited from hiring anyone with an advanced degree from a FCoC as faculty, or as a PhD student (assuming they have earned a
Master's degree from the FCoC). (The additional screening mentioned above will probably take so long that a candidate for a position may not wait for it to complete.)</span></div>
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<div>As I mentioned at the meeting, I am sympathetic to the spirit of the Act and agree that the US should do more to safeguard its intellectual property. I am attaching the report from The New York Times that I mentioned. It is long but once you start reading,
I think you will keep reading.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:10pt">Best regards,</span></div>
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B. Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School
T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor
P. O. Box 7923
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71272, USA
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