Bill,

I don't know anything about the clause you've mentioned, but I have run into
the comment "lots of other universities have signed this without a problem".
In my case, it was a FAR reference and I kept pushing for a copy before I would
get my institution to sign.  I couldn't find it.  In the end, they couldn't
find it either.  They removed it and thanked me because otherwise they would
not have known the FAR no longer existed.  So, hold your ground until you know
it is still an active clause!

Ruth Tallman
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Lehigh University
526 Brodhead Avenue
Bethlehem, PA  18015
Phone:   (610)758-3024
FAX:    (610)758-5994
E-mail:   xxxxxx@lehigh.edu

William Sharp wrote:

> For those on this list who have experience contracting with the Army, we've
> run into a FAR clause on a proposed contract that is causing us some
> problems.  Have any of you dealt with contracts which included
>
> FAR 52.7520  RELEASE OF INFORMATION MATERIAL TO THE PUBLIC BY PUBLICATION
> OR OTHER MEANS OF DISSEMINATION AND MARKING OF TECHNICAL REPORTS
> POTENTIALLY DISCLOSING INVENTIONS (Sep/1997)?
>
> The text of the clause was included in the particular contract we are
> working with, so we know what the clause actually states (i.e., it was not
> just incorporated by reference).  However, I have not been able to find it
> anywhere else on the Web and it has not popped up in any other Army
> contracts we have had.  The Army contracting officer we are negotiating
> with has indicated that they have used this clause with numerous other
> public universities.  So if you're at a public university and you've
> encountered this clause I would very much like to compare notes with you on
> the publication implications of the clause and to learn whether or not your
> institution was willing to accept it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill Sharp
> Contracts Officer
> The University of Kansas and the
> University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
> (785) 864-7430
> xxxxxx@ku.edu
>
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