Category BIS

Mystery Solved (Maybe)

In a post back in December titled “Imaginary Numbers,” I noted that the list of commodity jurisdiction determinations by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls had some puzzling entries: Three entries on the list, two for a high mobility electron…

FedEx Agrees To Pay $370,000 Export Penalty

Federal Express has agreed to pay to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) a penalty of $370,000 in connection with charges that it aided and abetted one export and five attempted exports between 2004 and 2006 without required export…

Call Kevin Wolf

ABOVE: Kevin Wolf Who says you never have gotten to talk to an Assistant Secretary of Commerce? Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14, 2011, you can dial up Kevin Wolf at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the White House’s current export reform proposals.…

Don’t Go Giving BIS Any Ideas

Oh, the things you’ll learn when you read the documents that companies file with the Securities and Exchange Commission: In March 2011, BlastGard’s management team officially assumed operational control of HighCom. Since this time we have accomplished a number of…