ABOVE: DDTC offices in DC The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has just revised its guidance on licensing foreign persons employed by U.S. persons. Foreign persons that will have access to ITAR-controlled technical data need to be licensed by…
A long article published today on the Bloomberg News website tells the story of a voluntary disclosure by Georgia Tech after one of its instructors inadvertently posted some export-controlled data on the Internet. The article follows this anecdote up with…
ABOVE: H5N1 virus Civil disobedience and export laws: those are two concepts not often linked together. But it appears that a Dutch researcher on the H5N1 avian virus is planning to tell Dutch authorities to take a hike and will…
With the August 15 implementation date for the new dual and third country national rule fast approaching, I wanted to comment briefly on the Sample Questionnaire that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has proposed as an example of…
The Brookings Institution just issued a brief report entitled “Addressing Export Control in the Age of Cloud Computing.” The report raises more issues than it answers, which is not surprising given the brevity of the report and the uncertain state…