Littelfuse, an Illinois-based manufacturer and seller of fuses and electronic components, filed a voluntary disclosure with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and for its efforts got whacked with a $221,000 fine. The details can be found in yet…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released last week a Settlement Agreement with Enternet LLC, an Illinois-based manufacturer and distributor of collating and insertion systems for newspapers. According to the released documents, Enternet “releas[ed] technology for the development, production…
BIS recently released a Charging Letter, Settlement Agreement and Order pursuant to which pump maker Graco agreed to pay $97,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to settle fifteen alleged violations of the Export Administration Regulations. The violations…
Last week we reported on increased jawboning by the State Department, which has been threatening to impose sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act on foreign oil companies that do business in Iraq. One target singled out by State is the…
The QRS-11 navigational chip, perhaps the poster child for the so-called ITAR creep phenomenon, still bedevils the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Today, the DDTC issued a final rule amending the rule excluding the QRS-11 chip from the United States…