What an Uncool Thing To Do!
According to an article last week in Bloomberg Businessweek, the Pentagon is seeking to add uncooled thermal imaging devices to the United States Munitions List. Putting that technology on the USML, as opposed to the Commerce Control List administered by…
U.S. Sanctions Protect Iran from Trolls and Elves
The way that U.S. sanctions protect us from Iranian nuclear weapons are indeed wondrous and diverse, as Iranians themselves recently learned when they sat down recently at their computers to don the virtual identity of sword-wielding warriors wandering through imaginary…
What A Difference A Word Makes
ABOVE: Polk Audio HQ Here’s the thing: you can save yourself money if you read this blog. You can certainly avoid paying money to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance (“OAC”) at the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) if you…
OFAC Says Participation in ISO with Iran Doesn’t Violate U.S. Sanctions
ABOVE: ANSI offices in DC The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently sent a letter of guidance to the American National Standards Institute (“ANSI”) stating that U.S. participation in international standards organizations, such as the ISO and the ITU,…