Earlier this month, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued a public notice proposing to revise the definition of defense services set forth in section § 120.9 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). The most significant change…
Almost one year ago, on March 4, 2010, this blog reported that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) had posted a website notice that all BAE export licenses were on temporary hold. This came several days after BAE had…
If there is anything that qualifies as a true urban legend in the export areas, it’s the surprisingly widespread belief that shipments to overseas APO and FPO addresses aren’t exports. Of course, that’s no more true than the belief that…
One of the jobs of this blog is to inform our faithful readers about changes that DDTC makes in its rules and guidelines but, for whatever reason, decides that it should keep secret. Currently Section 13.2(a)(3) of the Guidelines for…
This may look like U.S. Government blog week on ExportLawBlog, but it’s purely a coincidence. Yesterday we highlighted the Treasury blog and today the subject is the U.S. Census blog with the somewhat enigmatic title of Global Reach. Because not…