Technology companies and industry groups mostly supported a January State Department rule that will add items to the U.S. Munitions List and remove other items that no longer warrant control (see 2501160027), although they said new restrictions around autonomous underwater vehicles, radar-related technology and more could cause unintended consequences.
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More Longtime Officials Leaving BIS, Including 2 Division Chiefs
Longtime Bureau of Industry and Security officials Hillary Hess, Sheila Quarterman and Carlos Monroy soon will retire from the agency, multiple people familiar with the matter said.
Hess is the director of the Regulatory Policy Division, where she helps oversee the publication of BIS regulations in the Federal Register, and Quarterman also is an official with the division. Monroy has served as the director of the BIS Electronics and Materials Division.
Hess and Quarterman will retire next week, senior BIS official Susan Kramer announced on LinkedIn March 26. Monroy's departure date is unclear. Their retirements follow the departures of multiple other longtime career BIS officials in recent weeks, including Matt Borman, Eileen Albanese and Karen NiesVogel (see 2502280006 and 2502270009).
BIS Chief Sworn In
Jeffrey Kessler, the undersecretary of the Bureau of Industry and Security, has been sworn in to his new position, the Commerce Department announced March 20. Kessler was confirmed by the Senate March 13 (see 2503130062 and 2503060043).
Senior Census Trade Official Retires
Paul Newman, former chief of the Census Bureau's Trade Data Collection Branch, recently retired from government, a Commerce Department official said during an annual Bureau of Industry and Security conference this week.
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