Better Late Than Never, I Suppose

From our unfortunate press release department: Richardson, TX – Trilogy Circuits announced the completion of registration under the US Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Administered by the Office of the Defense Trade Controls Compliance (DDTC), under…

GAO Slams Delays in Arms Export Licensing Process

The Government Accounting Office released today a report analyzing arms export licensing delays at the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). Not surprisingly, particularly to exporters experienced in DDTC’s licensing process, the report concludes that DDTC’s licensing…

DDTC Adds Sri Lanka to the Embargoed List

Pursuant to a provision of the recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, DDTC announced that it is now its policy to deny export licenses for defense articles and services to Sri Lanka. A last minute amendment to the embargo provision…

How the OFAC Stole Christmas

A spokesman for the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) told Export Law Blog this morning that discussions between OFAC and the North Pole over Santa Claus’s Christmas Eve itinerary had broken down and were not expected to…

Toothbrushes and Diamonds

Norman AugustineChair, Deemed ExportAdvisory Committee The Deemed Export Advisory Committee released today its report to BIS on BIS’s deemed export rules. The deemed export rules, among other things, require licenses prior to release of technology on a dual-use item to…