Last Friday, BIS released a final rule implementing certain understandings of the annual plenary of the Australia Group in June. The new rules apply controls to pipes, vessels, valves and related equipment made of niobium or niobium alloys. It also…
BIS released a public notice today revising the country chart to reflect that Montenegro seceded from Serbia and Montenegro. Not surprisingly, the column entries for Montenegro and the column entries for Serbia on the country chart will be identical. Updating…
In a clever marketing ploy timed to coincide with the release of the latest James Bond film, BIS has issued new rules relating to the export of surreptitious listening devices (“SLDs”). The Notice announcing the final rule, however, is hardly…
Last month I wrote about the Motorola i580, which Motorola advertises as being built to 810F military specifications. That led me to post this smart-alecky query: if the i580 is built to milspec can I take it with me on…
On Wednesday the GAO issued a report on U.S. funding initiatives designed to promote democracy in Cuba. The highly critical report concluded that these programs need better oversight and management. It pointed out the lack of competitive bidding for these…