I think all the publicity of the new part of the I-129 non-immigrant visa application which asks companies to certify as to whether the company will be transferring export-controlled technology to the foreign employee is causing some confusion. I saw…
The GAO released on March 7 a report, dated February 2, that chastised the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) for confusion within BIS concerning the proper scope and interpretation of its own deemed export rule. The precise issue is…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) previously did battle with cloud computing in an advisory opinion it released in January 2009. Almost two years later BIS charges into battle yet again, and yet again there is no clear victor.…
In case you can’t read the text of the “WARNING” in this RFP from the Naval Air Systems Command sent to me by an alert reader, it says: WARNING: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS TECHNICAL DATA WHOSE EXPORT IS RESTRICTED BY THE…
Another day; another export compliance nightmare. First it was cloud computing and now it is . . . copy machines. Seriously. An alert reader pointed me to this CBS News story about hard drives found in almost all copy machines…