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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

License Exception (Technical Data/Software Restricted) TSR

For national security reasons only and provided the software or technology is destined to Country Group B, Technical Data/Software Restricted permits exports and reexports of technology…

License Exception BAG (Baggage)

15 CFR 740.14 Allows individuals departing the US to take with them as personal baggage family-owned retail-level encryption items including laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and…

License Exception TMP (Temporary)

15 CFR 740.9 Allows those departing from the US on university business to take with them as “tools of the trade” UW-owned or controlled, retail-level encryption…

License Exceptions

15 CFR 740 Under a License Exception, exports and reexports of qualifying goods or data require no prior written approval of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

limited data sets

Protected Health Information (PHI) that excludes specific individual identifiers as described in HIPAA regulations. (UW Medicine Privacy Policy COMP.103)

LOA

Letter of Agreement

LOI

Letter of Intent

LRP

Loan Repayment Program (NIH) See: The UW’s page on NIH Loan Repayment Program Information

Maintenance of Records (ITAR – DDTC)

22 CFR 122.5 Relevant records concerning the manufacture, acquisition and disposition of defense articles and the provision of defense services by the registrant must be maintained…

Manufacturing License Agreement MLA

A manufacturing license agreement represents a contract (written, implied or otherwise) whereby an entity or individual grants another entity or individual an authorization or a license…