Yesterday the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment on Form DS-4076. This form is the one proposed by DDTC for mandatory filing of Commodity Jurisdiction (“CJ”) requests with the agency via…
ABOVE: Andrew Shapiro Let’s take the good news first. It comes from Andrew J. Shapiro, Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs at State, in his Keynote Address to ComDef 2009, earlier this month: I am also happy to report that we are…
Last week the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) posted a charging letter, a consent agreement, and an order relating to alleged export violations by Air Shunt, a California-based distributor of aircraft parts. Under the settlement, Air Shunt agreed to…
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed* a federal district court conviction of Doli Syarief Pulungan for attempted unlicensed exports of rifles copes to Indonesia in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. I previously…
ABOVE: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher In connection with the Senate confirmation hearing for Ellen Tauscher on Tuesday morning, Senator Lugar, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, released a pre-hearing questionnaire completed by the proposed nominee. Representative Tauscher has been…