At the same time that The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness called for a reform of DDTC procedures and policies, it also took aim at the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) with a separate report. The Coalition’s recommendations included…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released today a notice of a final rule amending certain of the rules relating to crime control commodities. Items covered by BIS’s crime controls are controlled because of the fear that these items…
In an earlier post, we took the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to task for filing a default motion against William Kovacs to deny his export privileges even though he was in jail for his export violation and his…
In today’s Federal Register, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a decision by an Administrative Law Judge finding William Kovacs in default in responding to a charging letter, fining him $66,000, and suspending his export privileges for five…
The prior post “BIS Continues to Stack Deck Against Voluntary Disclosures” has been updated and revised to reflect the fact that there were two transactions, not one, involved in that case.