“Do What I Say” Etc., Etc.
In case you can’t read the text of the “WARNING” in this RFP from the Naval Air Systems Command sent to me by an alert reader, it says: WARNING: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS TECHNICAL DATA WHOSE EXPORT IS RESTRICTED BY THE…
Clif Burns
Sanctions Traded for Sanctions
On Friday, the Department of State announced that it had terminated sanctions against various Russian entities. First, it lifted sanctions that it had imposed on Rosoboronexport in 2008. Second, it lifted sanctions on the D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology…
First Reggie Award Goes to Prototron Circuits
Regular readers know that an on-going feature involves examining press releases issued by companies after they have registered their company with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) as required under Part 122 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.…
One Word Costs a Company $19,800
United Source One, Inc., a Maryland-based food logistics company specializing in food shipments to restaurants in the Middle East, agreed in March to pay a $19,800 penalty to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for violating BIS’s anti-boycott regulations.…
On Cuba’s Nickel
ABOVE: Nickel Production in Cuba Washington-based trade group Specialty Steel Industry of North America (“SSINA”) marched up to Capitol Hill today to gripe to the House Ways and Means Committee about Cuban nickel being surreptitiously imported into the United States…